water-spaniel

She hath more qualities than a water-spaniel; which is much in a bare Christian.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2004

The poor little water-spaniel fort ran down to the shore and barked at her of course.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

Then they would shake themselves as a water-spaniel does, and Bert with a grin would say,

Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico

The men at the tent have a black water-spaniel, which greatly prefers our fare and warm house to the tent, so is nearly always here.

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

The sense of humor must surely exist in individual dogs; otherwise it would puzzle me to account for the singular practical jokes played off by a water-spaniel once possessed by me.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

Ever hear a horse shake himself, like a water-spaniel fresh from a dip, when he has been tied for a long time in one place with the dead weight of a heavy stock saddle on his back?

Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

She hath more qualities than a water-spaniel, —which is much in a bare Christian.

Act III. Scene I. The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1914

Lena's curly black water-spaniel, Prince, breakfasted with us.

My Antonia Willa Sibert Cather 1910

They surrounded Christophe, like Goethe's water-spaniel, the "lurking specters," that lie in wait and seize upon a soul and fasten upon its vitality.

Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905

A water-spaniel was responsible last week for the overturning of a motor-car driven by a Superintendent of the Police near Norton Village in Hertfordshire.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 Various 1898