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dandie dinmont

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Dan⋅die Din⋅mont

[dan-dee din-mont]
–noun
one of a breed of small terriers having short legs, pendulous ears, and a long, wiry, pepper- or mustard-colored coat.

Origin:
1840–50; after a character in Scott's novel, Guy Mannering, who owned two such terriers
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Dan·die Din·mont   (dān'dē dĭn'mŏnt')   
n.  A small terrier of a breed developed in the border counties of England and Scotland and having a rough grayish or brownish coat, a long body, drooping ears, and short legs.

[After Dandie Dinmont, the owner of two such dogs in Guy Mannering, a novel by Sir Walter Scott.]
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