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Westie

American  
[wes-tee] / ˈwɛs ti /

westie 1 British  
/ ˈwɛstɪ /

noun

  1. a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Sydney

  2. a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Auckland

"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

Westie 2 British  

noun

  1. informal a West Highland 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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What it also provides is perspective: The concerns of Mafia dons and Westie bosses may be a valid chapter of the America immigrant saga.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Cameron, now 71, lives in an adobe house up a mountain from downtown Santa Fe with a Westie named Lily.

From Seattle Times Mar. 20, 2019

Even our white Westie, Mysty, who hated traveling far from her doggy bed, always ceased howling as soon as we arrived, rushing out of the car to find Jean standing at her always-welcoming front door.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2018

We stand in a 20-acre field of oil seed rape with Stubbings the Westie darting about.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2015

The back door had been left open all day so that her aging, coddled Westie, Gus, could relieve himself in the yard.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2014

He loved to zip around his neighborhood in his classic 1973 canary yellow Volkswagen Karmann Ghia along with his wife and their westie, Winston.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

About the book: For more information about the book, go to the Trinity University westie at tupress.org.

From Seattle Times Jul. 4, 2021

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