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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Beethoven barked with short sharp snaps, as became a bilious liver-coloured Blenheim spaniel.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel
Hester even had hopes of finding a distressed Blenheim spaniel puppy in some romantic sort of way, and adopting it for life.
From The Slowcoach by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
An etching of a child playing with a Blenheim spaniel happened to flutter to the floor.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
Lady Maulevrier was sitting by the fire, in a melancholy attitude, with the Blenheim spaniel on her lap.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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)
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