kennel club


noun
  1. an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.

Origin of kennel club

1
First recorded in 1870–75

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How to use kennel club in a sentence

  • That such dogs would win—say at a kennel club Show—could not be entertained for a moment.

    Sporting Dogs | Frank Townend Barton
  • "Well, he's rated at a thousand dollars in the records of the kennel club," answered Dick.

    Dick Hamilton's Fortune | Howard R. Garis
  • Through the narrow streets, gay with the fluttering streamers of the kennel club gold and green, they went.

    Baldy of Nome | Esther Birdsall Darling