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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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She had been throwing blandishments to Mrs. Watton's dog, a grey Aberdeen terrier, who stood on the rug quietly regarding her.

From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

For hours she went on—Jock, her Aberdeen terrier, toddling at her side, in her hand a stout ash-stick—regardless of the muddy roads or the wet weather.

From The House of Whispers by Le Queux, William

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

They were in answer to a Highland friend, who enquired through the medium of a well-known journal, if he knew the Aberdeen terrier.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

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