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Persian greyhound

British  

noun

  1. another name for the Saluki

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But as regards Lutuf Ullah—a tall man with a broken nose, and a Persian greyhound Aie!'

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

The expression of the countenance is that of a coarse ill-natured Persian greyhound, without any resemblance to the jackal, the fox, or the wolf.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

They are a cross breed from the original upcountry dog and the Persian greyhound.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

Each had on his arm a hooded falcon and by his side a Persian greyhound.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

The hero was a cheery Irishman, whom I will call Bart, the owner of one of the dogs, a beautiful Persian greyhound that he had acquired in Angora.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by Still, John

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