Dandie Dinmont

[ dan-dee din-mont ]

noun

1. one of a breed of small terriers having short legs, pendulous ears, and a long, wiry, pepper- or mustard-colored coat.

Dandie Dinmont

/ ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmɒnt /

noun

1. a breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears Also calledDandie Dinmont terrier

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dandie Dinmont¹

First recorded in 1840–50; after a character in Scott's novel, Guy Mannering, who owned two such terriers

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dandie Dinmont¹

C19: named after a character who owned two terriers in Guy Mannering (1815), a novel by Sir Walter Scott

Example Sentences

It was no more than three-quarters of an hour that Bertram and Dandie Dinmont had to keep their watch.

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But, since to do this was to abandon Dandie Dinmont to their mercy, Brown refused point-blank.

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The book was published in 1814, and Dandie Dinmont terriers have been popular in the border countries of Scotland ever since.

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Dandie Dinmont, a humorous, jovial store-farmer in "Guy Mannering."

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I never get my natural rest, as Dandie Dinmont says, in the steamer for noise, and on the shore for work.

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