Skye terrier
one of a Scottish breed of small terriers having short legs and a dark or light blue-gray, gray, or fawn coat.
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How to use Skye terrier in a sentence
For the past 140 years, a noble-looking, bronze Skye terrier has stood guard outside the grounds and watched over the kirkyard.
Welcome to the Most Haunted Graveyard in the World. Safety Not Guaranteed. | Nina Strochlic | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer black, silky hair, as fine as a Skye terrier's, curled around a comely head.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely QuiggThe most sensitive of four-footed creatures in the world, the Skye terrier is utterly abased by a rebuke from his master.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonTangle was but a little mongrel Skye terrier, but he had a big heart in his little body, and played a hero's part more than once.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeTwo important members of the Barnes family were a large yellow cat and a small, tangle-haired, blue-gray mop of a Skye terrier.
Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
They have a regular breed for the purpose, about the size of a large Skye terrier, and of a sandy colour.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. Murray
British Dictionary definitions for Skye terrier
a short-legged long-bodied breed of terrier with long wiry hair and erect ears
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