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clumber spaniel

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clumber spaniel

[kluhm-ber]
–noun
one of an English breed of short-legged, stocky spaniels having a chiefly white coat, used esp. for retrieving game.

Origin:
1880–85; after Clumber, estate in Nottinghamshire, England, where dogs were bred
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Clum·ber spaniel also clum·ber spaniel   (klŭm'bər)   
n.  A dog of a breed developed in England, having short legs, a stocky body, and a silky, predominantly white coat.

[After Clumber Park, an estate in Nottinghamshire, a county of central England.]
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