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- noun Plural form of
sighthound .
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Examples
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There is a guy that hunts falcons and sighthounds together, so hey ...
Holy Grails 2009
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There is a guy that hunts falcons and sighthounds together, so hey ...
Holy Grails 2009
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I know "poachers" in England who hunted legally with their sighthounds until England banned hunting with dogs -- ar they wrong to continue?
Populist Poachers? Dave Hurteau 2008
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Curiously, my sighthounds are generally better natural retrievers than my spaniels were!
Working Like a Dog 2007
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I live with sighthounds – the Elizabeth Marshall Thomas notion of walking free, me and mine, or me setting mine off on their own to explore Boston as hers did or The Wilds -- NOT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS!
New Dog Book 2007
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LOL, apparently there's going to be a lot of sighthounds living in well decorated homes some day :
Dog on a chair 2007
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All sighthounds, no matter how well-trained, would rather chase a small moving animal into traffic than come when called.
Dog on a chair 2007
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I've always been fascinated by sighthounds, even though coursing has never been very popular in Sweden, and has been banned for a looong time over here at least since 1969, just like falconry...
Chinese Tazi Art 2007
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I'd like to clarify for those readers who will find my comments and maybe Steve's about the supremacy of hunting in evaluating sighthounds as snobbish.
Bully Whippets 2007
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So never before in the sighthounds has there been an attempt to breed for speed alone as an abstract trait, and as measured by a mechanical device.
Bully Whippets 2007
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