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bullmastiff

or bull-mas·tiff, bull mas·tiff

[ bool-mas-tif, -mah-stif ]

noun

  1. one of an English breed of dogs having a short, fawn or brindled coat, produced by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bullmastiff1

First recorded in 1870–75; bull(dog) + mastiff

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We found one rather funny thing, and that was the great bullmastiff, lying stiff with its neck broken.

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