sleeve dog
Americannoun
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The "sleeve dog" and the "chin dog" are common and appropriate appellations in the East.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
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