corgi

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Of the few exceptions, corgi (cor ` small, 'ci ` dog') has been generally accepted -- and with even more enthusiasm in royal quarters.

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  1. noun A Welsh corgi.

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  • Of the few exceptions, corgi (cor ` small, 'ci ` dog') has been generally accepted -- and with even more enthusiasm in royal quarters. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4
  • He was sitting in the far corner with a little corgi on his knee and his face bore exactly the same expression as when I had paid the first visit to his cow. —  Every living thing
  • Have you thought about the Scotch Collie & Shetland sheepdog & the pembroke welsh corgi & cardigan welsh corgi are also breed for herding / working! —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • A line of battered carriages was drawn up there, the horses, with their long sad faces beneath shabby straw sun hats, looking as though at any moment they would catch up trugs and secateurs and wander off into the gardens remarking that the oleanders were far better two or three days ago if only one had been there then … The succeeding wave of tourists was frothing about them, the Battle of the Beige raging round a question of amatory precedence, the new guide darting hither and thither like a Cardiganshire corgi nipping at the heels of a herd of refractory cows. —  Tour de Force
  • Here's a woman in Arkansas who claims her Welsh corgi was abducted by space aliens Sounds like a book to me," Megan said, easing herself up out of her chair, moving carefully against the stiffness in her aching muscles. —  TAMI HOAG
 

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  1. Welsh : cor, dwarf + ci, dog; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.
 

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