wire-haired
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A recent Landsman campaign event included his releasing a 5-year-old wire-haired dachshund named Jerome in a wiener dog race as Oktoberfest celebrations thronged the city’s downtown.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
It can be difficult to get Quentin Compson — my 10-year-old, wire-haired rescue dog — to rise from her bed.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
Dennis's dog Gnasher arrived on the scene in 1968 when he found the Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound wandering the streets of Beanotown.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2021
“We didn’t have parades. I don’t know why in retrospect we didn’t make more of it,” says Miro Weinberger, the wire-haired mayor of Burlington.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2018
From these, however, must be excepted those who possess wire-haired terriers, from whose coats an admirable muzzle can be extracted in a few minutes.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. by Various
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