dog-fancier

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 Jeanie Lang

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 Lewis Hough

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" M. H. Spielmann

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 Various

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 Various

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 1928

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

A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories 1928

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

A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories 1928

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 Clive Bell 1922

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 1918