sleeve dog


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

Origin of sleeve dog

1
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

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How to use sleeve dog in a sentence

  • But his teeth were very different from the tender milk-teeth of the little sleeve-dog, who could not bite any one if he tried.

    Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little