dog-fancier

• “The last block of all on which the artist was engaged was one to be called "An Afternoon on the Flags;" it represented a complimentary dog-fancier comparing the points of beauty in a dog with those of the lady before him, but it was still unfinished when he fell back in his bed, dead from the fatal breast-pang.”

  The History of "Punch"

• “The dog-fancier soon afterwards returned, and protested, with tears in his eyes, that the shabby trick had wounded him in his tenderest feelings, but he seemed quite willing to begin a fresh bargain with "the only gen'lemen, s'help me, as ever bested pore little ALEC.”

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892

• “A dog-fancier happened to come through the street in which we both lodged, and PETER began to bargain with him for a fox-terrier, who, according to the fancier's account, had”

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892

• “There is also on record the case of a good-looking spaniel which was bought in London from a dog-fancier by a wealthy young man.”

  Stories of the Border Marches

• “Slam was a dog-fancier as well as a rat-catcher, and therefore doggy boys were attracted to his premises, which, however, were sternly interdicted.”

  Dr. Jolliffe's Boys

• “I have not become a dog-fancier in what you are pleased to call my old age!”

  A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories

• “Why, are you setting up as a dog-fancier in your old age, colonel?”

  A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories

• “Here are the cards of the other gentlemen who were kind enough to think that I might wish to set up for a dog-fancier in my old age.”

  A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories

• “A Frenchman discoursing on foreign peoples or on mankind in general -- a favourite topic -- suggests to me sometimes the fantastic vision of a dog-fancier criticizing a steer.”

  Since Cézanne

• “As for the dog collars, just imagine any one being a dog-fancier or even a fondler of dogs to the extent of purchasing a gold-rimmed or a diamond-studded collar while a Revolutionary Tribunal is sitting just around the corner.”

  Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship

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