Lakeland terrier

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noun

one of a breed of small, slender terriers, raised originally in northwestern England for hunting foxes.

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Origin of Lakeland terrier

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby Lakeland terrier

lake herring, Lake Huron, Lakehurst, Lake Jackson, Lakeland, Lakeland terrier, Lake Michigan, Lake of the Woods, Lake Ontario, Lake Placid, Lake Poets

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How to use Lakeland terrier in a sentence

He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.
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At Westminster Kennel Club, wire fox terrier Sky wins Best in Show.
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For the past 140 years, a noble-looking, bronze Skye terrier has stood guard outside the grounds and watched over the kirkyard.
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If David is a yapping terrier, Pete is an addled golden retriever.
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Justin, a 4-year-old West Highland terrier from Long Island, was having his face hair-sprayed into the shape of a carnation.
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Growling horribly, the enraged brute seized poor Pearson and shook him as a terrier dog shakes a rat.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
I first became aware of it about the same time the Dachshund at the corner house began to declare he was an Aberdeen Terrier.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914|Various
He drew up his spare person, with a terrier-like shake of the head and shoulders, as of one repudiating Mammon and all its works.
Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Stolidly with unheedful, drooping ears the little fox-terrier resumed his seat on the rug.
Molly Make-Believe|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
He was very short, and at a distance much resembled a terrier, his head being considerably like that of a dog.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

British Dictionary definitions for Lakeland terrier

Lakeland terrier

noun

a wire-haired breed of terrier, originally from the Lake District and used for hunting

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