Definitions
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- noun dialect
Spaniel , a dog breed.
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Examples
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"The cocker spannel has got rather a persevering bark," said Dickie, looking up at the creeping-jenny in the window-boxes.
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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It's the cocker spannel and the Great Danes upsets them.
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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"You wouldn't like to buy a spannel dawg," said the man, holding the sleek, curly, black and tan animal up to the carriage-window, "or a French poodle what'll balance a bit of bread on his nose while you count ten?
Aurora Floyd. A Novel Mary Elizabeth 1863
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I wish I were a spannel, and he'd try it on with me! "
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832
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