Persian greyhound
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
But as regards Lutuf Ullah—a tall man with a broken nose, and a Persian greyhound Aie!'
From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard
The four chief men of these had each a hooded falcon on his arm, and a tawny Persian greyhound, with long silky tail, at his side.
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
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
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