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carriage dog

American  

noun

  1. Dalmatian

carriage dog British  

noun

  1. a former name for Dalmatian

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Etymology

Origin of carriage dog

First recorded in 1815–25

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Yen translated rapidly, scurrying along behind his sentences like a carriage dog beneath an axletree.

From Project Gutenberg

An unaccompanied post chaise, deplorable in life, because unknown in art, and the expression "carriage dog" came into use for the first time.

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