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Airedale

[ air-deyl ]

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noun

one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.

Airedale

/ ˈɛəˌdeɪl /

a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back Also calledAiredale terrier

First recorded in 1875–80; short for Airedale terrier; so called from the name of a district in Yorkshire where the dogs were bred

C19: name of a district in Yorkshire

He was an Airedale and was pulling himself along on three legs, whimpering softly.

You take a common ancestral mutt, and generations later you can develop an Airedale, a dachshund or a Spitz.

Beside him lay a wiry-haired Airedale, seemingly asleep yet with one eye ready to cock open at the captains slightest move.

That case where you fined me five pounds over an Airedale what tried to gobble up a tally-man.

The Airedale, hearing Hals step, got up and fawned against him.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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