curly-coated retriever

[ kur-lee-koh-tid ]

/ ˈkɜr liˌkoʊ tɪd /

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noun

one of an English breed of large sporting dogs having a dense, tightly curled, black or liver-colored coat, small, low-set ears, and a moderately short tail carried fairly straight, used as a land or water retriever.

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Origin of curly-coated retriever

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby curly-coated retriever

curling tongs, curl one's hair, curlpaper, curl up, curly, curly-coated retriever, curlyhead, curly palm, curly top, curmudgeon, curmudgeonly

How to use curly-coated retriever in a sentence

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But there was also curly-haired Queen guitarist Brian May and playwright Tom Stoppard.
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I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
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But, before they can be used for this purpose, these leaves are coated with lime made from oyster shells and then folded up.
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The Korean ponies are small, fine-coated animals, little larger than Shetland ponies.
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She was a laughing, curly-haired girl with dancing black eyes and an altogether roguish look.
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There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.
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British Dictionary definitions for curly-coated retriever

curly-coated retriever

noun

a strongly built variety of retriever with a tightly curled black or liver-coloured coat

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