red setter
Britishnoun
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In fact, she had the form of a red setter.
From Literature
Two years later, a red setter would be murdered at Crufts, a death I could have prevented or – better – won a Pulitzer for writing about.
From The Guardian
M'Cabe offered no opinion, being occupied in bestowing in a species of dog-box beneath the well of the car a young red setter, kindly lent by his friend the dentist.
From Project Gutenberg
Eight o’clock on the following Monday morning saw Flurry, myself, and a groom packed into a dog-cart, with portmanteaus, gun-cases, and two rampant red setters.
From Project Gutenberg
Eight o'clock on the following Monday morning saw Flurry, myself, and a groom packed into a dogcart, with portmanteaus, gun-cases, and two rampant red setters.
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