Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
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Examples
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None of the Brazilian parrots had survived, but Wallace the Scotch terrier and Lieutenant John Johnstone’s bulldog bitch, Sophia, remained.
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In the island of AEgina he was introduced to Byron's Maid of Athens, once the beautiful Teresa Makri, now plain Mrs. Black, with an ugly little boy, and a Scotch terrier that snapped at the traveller's heels.
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He pointed to where Lieutenant Shairp’s Scotch terrier was striking out for the ship alongside a hired boat, encouraged by a laughing Shairp.
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