Lhasa apso

[ ap-soh ]

/ ˈæp soʊ /

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noun, plural Lhasa ap·sos.

one of a breed of small terriers having a long, heavy coat, raised in Tibet as watchdogs.

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Origin of Lhasa apso

1930–35; apso<Tibetan, written ab sog

Words nearby Lhasa apso

lgth., lg. tn., LGV, lh, Lhasa, Lhasa apso, l.h.b., LHC, L.H.D., L-head engine, Lhermitte-Duclos disease

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How to use Lhasa apso in a sentence

Once, she called home all excited about her new Lhasa apso—a $500 dog!
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The Apso, so I've read, used to sit right in front of the king's throne in the old days.
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Any cars coming from Lhasa are immediately stopped and searched," says one local, "What have we done to deserve this?
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He had a ferocious temper, growing so angry at times his body shook as he stood on the shiny floor of his winter palace in Lhasa.
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From the western Tibetan town of Ngari, I was taken to Lhasa, where I was thrown into a detention camp.
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The most interesting feature of Langkor is an ancient temple, an appanage of the great Drophung monastery of Lhasa.
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All four had come in autumn, and were waiting for the warmer season to proceed to Lhasa, and return thence home again.
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Even the Chinese in Lhasa, I said, had treated us pleasantly and had left us the fullest freedom.
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Still marching south-westwards we approached at an acute angle the great main road between Lhasa and Ladak, the so-called tasam.
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We expected good news from Lhasa, and were glad that the people in Saka had granted the permission I had asked for.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lhasa apso

Lhasa apso

/ (ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsəʊ) /

noun plural Lhasa apsos

a small dog of a Tibetan breed having a long straight dense coat, often gold or greyish, and a well-feathered tail carried curled over its back

Word Origin for Lhasa apso

Tibetan

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