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Afghan hound

British  

noun

  1. a tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat

"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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"Sophie thought she'd read the Daily Mail one day and the first comment was: 'Why does she look like an Afghan hound?'"

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Gladstone said Rothschild was in his late 70s and devoted to his dog, an Afghan hound.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024

Then there’s Zaida, an Afghan hound fresh off a win at last month’s World Dog Show in Croatia.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

The first dog clone was created in 2005—an Afghan hound named Snuppy in South Korea.

From National Geographic • Feb. 28, 2018

In July, the day after my all-boys-are-dicks conversation with Dad, there was a long-haired Afghan hound who’d been found in the park, covered in dried mud/feces/who-knows-what.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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