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Dandie Dinmont
[ 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.
Dandie Dinmont
/ ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmɒnt /
noun
- a breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears Also calledDandie Dinmont terrier
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dandie Dinmont1
First recorded in 1840–50; after a character in Scott's novel, Guy Mannering, who owned two such terriers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dandie Dinmont1
C19: named after a character who owned two terriers in Guy Mannering (1815), a novel by Sir Walter Scott
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Example Sentences
It was no more than three-quarters of an hour that Bertram and Dandie Dinmont had to keep their watch.
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But, since to do this was to abandon Dandie Dinmont to their mercy, Brown refused point-blank.
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The book was published in 1814, and Dandie Dinmont terriers have been popular in the border countries of Scotland ever since.
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Dandie Dinmont, a humorous, jovial store-farmer in "Guy Mannering."
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I never get my natural rest, as Dandie Dinmont says, in the steamer for noise, and on the shore for work.
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