Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sleuth-hound.
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Examples
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“Within thirty hours, so he have not crossed the Lothian firth — If it is to do you a pleasure, I will set off directly, and wind him as a sleuth-dog tracks the moss-trooper,” answered
The Monastery 2008
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English public have always rather resembled what is told of the sleuth-dog, which, eager, fierce, and clamorous in pursuit of his prey, desists from it so soon as blood is sprinkled upon his path.
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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"Within thirty hours, so he have not crossed the Lothian firth -- If it is to do you a pleasure, I will set off directly, and wind him as a sleuth-dog tracks the moss-trooper," answered Christie.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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But the English public have always rather resembled what is told of the sleuth-dog, which, eager, fierce, and clamorous in pursuit of his prey, desists from it so soon as blood is sprinkled upon his path.
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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