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plural
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the large, pendulous sides of the upper lip of certain dogs, as bloodhounds.
Origin:
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flews
(fluːz)
—
pl n
the fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog
[C16: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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flew
p.t. of
fly
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"My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind,
So flewed, so sanded; and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew;
Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls;
Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells,
Each under each."
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