dachshund
one of a German breed of dogs having short legs, a long body and ears, and a usually tan or black-and-tan coat.
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How to use dachshund in a sentence
A 20-year-old volunteer cradles Button, a tiny dachshund she’s been fostering at home for 10 days.
Aikey, 23, is the primary caretaker of Penny, her family’s 15-year-old dachshund, who became blind last summer due to glaucoma.
Some Workers Are Choosing Their Pets Over Their Jobs as Offices Reopen, But Will Animal-Friendly Workplaces Catch On? | Melissa Chan | July 7, 2021 | TimeMy 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.
Here's How Kevin James Would Make Los Angeles Better for Animals | Justin Green | February 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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.
A Feast of Demons | William MorrisonBeside 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.
Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for dachshund
/ (ˈdæksˌhʊnd, German ˈdakshʊnt) /
a long-bodied short-legged breed of dog
Origin of dachshund
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