Blenheim spaniel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Blenheim spaniel
First recorded in 1830–40; named after Blenheim, country house of Duke of Marlborough in Oxfordshire, England
Example Sentences
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Her whole name was “Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough”, and she was a Blenheim spaniel.
From The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales by Goble, Warwick
Beethoven barked with short, sharp snaps, as became a bilious liver-coloured Blenheim spaniel.
From Merely Mary Ann by Zangwill, Israel
She did not even rise from her embroidery-frame to watch the approach of the carriage, but went on steadily stitch by stitch at the ear of a Blenheim spaniel.
From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
An etching of a child playing with a Blenheim spaniel happened to flutter to the floor.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
Norwood was sitting in a chair as she entered, amusing himself with the gambols of a little Blenheim spaniel, whose silver collar bore the coronet of the Russian prince.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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