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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

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

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

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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