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deerhound
[ deer-hound ]
deerhound
/ ˈdɪəˌhaʊnd /
noun
- a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deerhound1
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Example Sentences
A tall young woman swept by them, leading a beautiful English deerhound on a long silver chain.
One English yacht, the "Deerhound," with her owner's family aboard, hung close to the combatants during the fight.
Capt. Semmes was picked up by a boat from the yacht "Deerhound," and was carried in that craft to England away from capture.
He fumed on the shore like a deerhound when the stag has taken to the sea.
It included two greyhounds, a rough-coated deerhound, a foxhound, and the fawn-colored crossbred mentioned above.
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