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Aberdeen terrier

British  

noun

  1. a former name for Scottish terrier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He settled to his solitary dinner, but in the middle of it put down Kitty's Aberdeen terrier, which, for want of other company, he was stuffing atrociously, and ran up to the nursery.

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

At her feet sat Madge, her pupil, and an Aberdeen terrier.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

The Aberdeen terrier came forward to greet her, his tail waving gently, his ears up, his brown eyes grave and warm.

From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald

Inside the car on dark blue cushions a small Aberdeen terrier, the picture of patient good-behaviour, sat gazing resignedly out of the window.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

While still a little distance away they caught sight of a small Aberdeen terrier in the act of disappearing around the corner of a leafy avenue.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

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