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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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Later, Frankie, the recovered Afghan hound, and her littermate Belle stood side-by-side in their breed’s ring.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

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

From National Geographic • Feb. 28, 2018

Goldstein had been living in a high-rise apartment in West Hollywood but decided that his Afghan hound, Natasha, needed more room.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2016

According to the newspaper, several other dogs including a West Highland white terrier, an Afghan hound and a Shih Tzu were also sick after the show at Birmingham's NEC.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2015

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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