sleeve dog

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noun

a very small Pekingese, usually under six pounds in weight and less than six inches (15 centimeters) tall.

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Origin of sleeve dog

First recorded in 1890–95; so called because members of the Chinese and Japanese imperial courts carried such dogs in the voluminous sleeves of their garments

Words nearby sleeve dog

sleet, sleety, sleeve, sleeveboard, sleeve coupling, sleeve dog, sleeveen, sleeveless, sleevelet, sleeve link, sleeve notes

How to use sleeve dog in a sentence

Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
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I lie and nod my head yes while wiping the tears on my gray fleece sleeve.
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His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
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