schnoodle

[shnood-l]

noun

1. a dog crossbred from a miniature schnauzer and a poodle.

   The pup who seems to be in charge of the front office at the vet’s is a two-year-old schnoodle named Mr. Peepers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schnoodle¹

First recorded in 1965–70; (miniature) schn(auzer) ( def. ) + (p)oodle ( def. )

Example Sentences

She found her puppy Stevie - a Schnauzer-poodle mix known as a Schnoodle - at the end of December.

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Simply put, grooming your own dog is never easy, even armed with an expensive clipper and a blade that won’t shear your schnoodle as if she were a sheep.

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Mr. Brock, 53, divides his time between Washington and the West Village in Manhattan, throwing lively salons and wooing liberal donors on both coasts, often accompanied by Toby, his schnoodle — a schnauzer-poodle mix.

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“Clipped is too fussy for us,” said Mr. Hollander, who shares the modest quarter-acre plot with his wife, Wendy Powers, their teenage daughter, Renata, and Freddy, a rescued schnoodle.

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Her black schnoodle, Walter, is lying by her side.

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