Russian wolfhound
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Russian wolfhound
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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He usually walked the streets of New York with a white Russian wolfhound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
Its borzoi emblem — a sleek Russian wolfhound, in full stride — automatically seems to guarantee quality.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2016
Borrowing the idea of a trademark from the British firm Heinemann, which identified its books with a windmill, he stamped his with a borzoi, a Russian wolfhound, and he made sure that they were distinctive-looking.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
A visiting Russian wolfhound: My only memory of its visit is being trapped on the top of a sofa until my father woke and rescued me.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2015
By her side Tzaritza, her snowy Russian wolfhound, paced with stately mien; a thoroughbred pair indeed.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
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