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bull terrier

or bull·ter·ri·er

[ bool-ter-ee-er ]

noun

  1. one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a white, brindled, or tan and white coat, produced by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.


bull terrier

noun

  1. a breed of terrier having a muscular body and thick neck, with a short smooth often white coat: developed by crossing the bulldog with various terriers See also pit bull terrier Staffordshire bull terrier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bull terrier1

First recorded in 1840–50; bull(dog) + terrier 1
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Example Sentences

Nor do you need to be a bull terrier fan — or even a pet lover — to understand why.

He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.

Elizabeth is writing a social history of the American pit bull terrier.

The females have no snout development and some of them facially very much resemble a bull terrier.

A good man is as full of bounce as a cat with a small boy and a bull terrier after him.

At that moment a big bull-terrier came rushing up, open-mouthed, pranced his two paws on the youth's shoulders, licking his face.

Just at this moment Looloo, our French bull terrier, became sick.

Max leaned over, took my bull-terrier by the neck and deposited him on his lap.

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