- a variation of greyhound.
grayhound
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He quartered the office, a grayhound on the scent; a grayhound with glasses tilted forward on his thin nose, and a silky indecisive brown mustache.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Phemy took at once to her heels and her throat, and ran shrieking back toward the road, with Kirsty after her like a grayhound.
From Heather and Snow by George MacDonald
Selinus mounted the hills like a grayhound after a hare.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
I won't repeat it to you, because it's wickedly sad, and grayhound Gelert was so much nobler than most people.
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
It proved to be an "ocean grayhound," and Captain Brown coming up, let them look at it through his glass.
From Story of Chester Lawrence by Nephi Anderson
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