borzoi
Americannoun
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borzois
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of borzoi
1885–90; < Russian borzóǐ originally, swift, fast; cognate with Czech brzý, Serbo-Croatian br̂z swift, Polish bardzo very
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Hanging With the Hendersons Veterinarian Tony Henderson is asked to handle a rare procedure on a young borzoi hound in this new episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Guided by expert handler Bill McFadden, Flynn beat out Ty the giant schnauzer, Biggie the pug, Bean the Sussex spaniel, Lucy the borzoi, Slick the border collie and Winston the Norfolk terrier.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2018
Watching little Raina McCloskey romp around the Westminster dog show ring with her borzoi buddy, it was hard to tell who was leading whom.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2017
Its borzoi emblem — a sleek Russian wolfhound, in full stride — automatically seems to guarantee quality.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2016
A long, yellowish young borzoi, one Nicholas did not know, from another leash, rushed impetuously at the wolf from in front and almost knocked her over.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
After a brief exposure, she declared that borzois were “cowardly, stupid, disloyal, and full of self-pity” and switched to Yorkshire terriers.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
Living in a spacious house close by the much smaller one in which they spent their runaway honeymoon, the Ludwigs now share it with their two children, many borzois and greyhounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A splendid wife, children, a good pack of hounds, a dozen leashes of smart borzois, agriculture, neighbors, service by election..." thought he.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
The wolf crouched, gnashed her teeth, and again rose and bounded forward, followed at the distance of a couple of feet by all the borzois, who did not get any closer to her.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
All the hunt, who had been moving slowly, shouted, "Stop!" calling in the hounds, while the borzoi whips, with a cry of "A-tu!" galloped across the field setting the borzois on the hare.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
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