Manchester terrier

American  

noun

1. one of a breed of slender terriers having a short, glossy, black-and-tan coat, raised originally in Manchester, England.

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Manchester terrier British  

noun

1. Also called (less commonly): black-and-tan terrier.  a small breed of terrier with a glossy black-and-tan coat

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Etymology

Origin of Manchester terrier

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

But a Manchester terrier jumped up on his exhibitor, leaving a skid mark of mud on her skirt.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2021

All over the house he shares in West London with Chapman and Sonny, a hyperactive Manchester terrier, there is impressive evidence of his genius at repurposing and elevating fragments of the past.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2014

When his prize Manchester terrier, Mickey, was stricken by the heat and rolled into the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania's Governor George Howard Earle plunged in fully clothed, dragged him out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its inhabitants were kind, the servants respectful, even the mongrel Manchester terrier with the melancholy eyes of some collie ancestor did not gnaw her boots.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

I am a Manchester terrier, and I fulfil the old instructions for such dogs.

From Pussy and Doggy Tales by Kemp-Welch, Lucy