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dachshund

[ dahks-hoond, dak-suhnd, dash- ]

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noun

one of a German breed of dogs having short legs, a long body and ears, and a usually tan or black-and-tan coat.

dachshund

/ ˈdæksˌhʊnd; ˈdakshʊnt /

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1840–50; < German, equivalent to Dachs badger + Hund dog

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C19: from German, from Dachs badger + Hund dog, hound ¹

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A 20-year-old volunteer cradles Button, a tiny dachshund she’s been fostering at home for 10 days.

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Aikey, 23, is the primary caretaker of Penny, her family’s 15-year-old dachshund, who became blind last summer due to glaucoma.

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My name is Max, and I’m a 13-month-old dachshund who loves to eat cicadas.

A listener from Thousand Oaks put me in touch with the Dachshund rescue center where I adopted Lisa-Marie.

This development did not sit well with the Oregon Dachshund Rescue, said its owner and founder, Jenell Rangan, in court on Monday.

After a full day at work, she rushes home to feed Karl, her squat dachshund, and to get ready for the evening.

I first became aware of it about the same time the Dachshund at the corner house began to declare he was an Aberdeen Terrier.

You take a common ancestral mutt, and generations later you can develop an Airedale, a dachshund or a Spitz.

Beside him a glossy-coated dachshund wagged furiously, after having barked once as a matter of duty.

Heinrich, with the dachshund at his heels, entered bearing a tray with a bottle of wine and some slices of heavy fruit cake.

"Well, that is a Dachshund," insisted the Gopher; and then he pulled his sunbonnet over his head and closed his eyes for a nap.

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