pharaoh hound

[ fair-oh, far-oh, fey-roh ]

/ ˈfɛər oʊ, ˈfær oʊ, ˈfeɪ roʊ /

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noun

one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.

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Origin of pharaoh hound

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby pharaoh hound

phantom withdrawal, -phany, Phar., Pharaoh, Pharaoh ant, pharaoh hound, pharaohs, Pharaonic, Phar.B., Phar.D., Pharisaic

How to use pharaoh hound in a sentence

Just like in the Bible story, where they say the great Pharaoh held down the Jews, Israelites and all that.
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The only dissenting colleague said, “It reminds me of the head of a pharaoh.”
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The Hound is begging her to kill him, but she won't grant him his last wish.
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Sandor “The Hound” Clegane was left to die of a ferocious ass-whooping.
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In the end, the joke was on both of them: Brienne lost track of Arya and The Hound was “killed by a woman.”
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He frowned, and bent his head, and his long hair fell over his face, while the poor Stuttgardter sat there like a beaten hound.
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Death comes in, the bread at the feast turns black, the hound falls down—and so on.
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As they entered, a liver-coloured hound that lay stretched before the fire growled lazily, and showed the whites of his eyes.
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Presently he heard the deep baying of the hound, and soon the enemy appeared, under a bright moon.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
I called to him loudly, in the vain hope he might look back, as though at a time like this a hound would turn from the trail.
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British Dictionary definitions for pharaoh hound

Pharaoh hound

noun

a medium-sized powerful swift-moving short-haired breed of hound having a glossy tan coat, sometimes with white markings

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