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pin⋅scher

  [pin-sher]
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–noun
one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
Origin:
1925–30; by shortening
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pin·scher   (pĭn'shər)   
n.  A Doberman pinscher.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

pinscher 
1926, from Ger. Pinscher, probably from Eng. pinch, in reference to its "clipped" ears.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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