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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One fluffy, sleepy Blenheim spaniel hidden in the capacious sleeve of a coat that had been Octavia's.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Van Slyke, Lucille
Beethoven barked with short sharp snaps, as became a bilious liver-coloured Blenheim spaniel.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel
Domestic breeds often have an abnormal or semi-monstrous character, as amongst dogs, the Italian greyhound, bulldog, Blenheim spaniel, and bloodhound,—some breeds of cattle and pigs,—several breeds of the fowl,—and the chief breeds of the pigeon.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
Her whole name was “Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough”, and she was a Blenheim spaniel.
From The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales by Goble, Warwick
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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