black-and-tan terrier

British  

noun

1. a less common name for Manchester terrier

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Example Sentences

My salaam was soon made; but as I retired backwards I had the misfortune to set my heel on the toes of a black-and-tan terrier, a privileged pet of the General's.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)

"So you find a black-and-tan terrier improves a dress-coat by lying on it?"

From At Love's Cost by Garvice, Charles

It was a tiny black-and-tan terrier, and Stafford, as he looked over his shoulder, saw the great eyes turned to him with a piteous entreaty that made his heart ache.

From At Love's Cost by Garvice, Charles

But I had my dog with me, such a dear little thing, a black-and-tan terrier.

From Cecilia de Noël by Falconer, Lanoe

She opened her eyes, and found a dainty little black-and-tan terrier standing up, with its forepaws on the couch, looking at her.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah