Persian greyhound
Britishnoun
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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 James Inglis
But as regards Lutuf Ullah—a tall man with a broken nose, and a Persian greyhound Aie!'
From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
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 Theodore Bent
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 William Youatt
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 John Still
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