Dandie Dinmont

American  

[dan-dee din-mont] / ˈdæn di ˈdɪn mɒnt /

noun

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

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Dandie Dinmont British  

/ ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmɒnt /

noun

1. Also called: Dandie Dinmont terrier.  a breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears

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Etymology

Origin of Dandie Dinmont

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

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Dandie Dinmont

The Dandie Dinmont terrier is one of the UK's rarest breeds although puppy numbers have risen recently.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2019

It appears every living Dandie Dinmont can now be traced to a pet owned by Sir Walter Scott and a poacher's dog caught in a trap in Selkirk.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2015

Thanks to the book's popularity, they became the fashionable Dandie Dinmont, beloved pets of Queen Victoria, Sir Edwin Landseer, and later Agatha Christie and Sir Alec Guinness.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2015

They will also ask the Duke's permission, as chief of clan Scott, to adopt the Walter Scott plaid as the official tartan of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2015

According to Mr. Shortreed, this goodman of Millburnholm was the great original of Dandie Dinmont.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)