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Persian greyhound

British  

noun

  1. another name for the Saluki

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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

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

Each had on his arm a hooded falcon and by his side a Persian greyhound.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

But as regards Lutuf Ullah—a tall man with a broken nose, and a Persian greyhound Aie!'

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard