sleuthhound
Americannoun
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a bloodhound.
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a detective.
noun
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a dog trained to track people, esp a bloodhound
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an informal word for detective
Etymology
Origin of sleuthhound
1325–75; Middle English sloth track, trail (< Old Norse slōth ) + hound 1
Example Sentences
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President Conant was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws by Oxford University with the citation: "a sleuthhound in pursuit of atoms, a champion of free inquiry and free speech."
From Time Magazine Archive
In literature and in the popular imagination, the all-seeing private eye—the gumshoe, the cinder dick, the sleuthhound, the shadow—displaced the crusading sheriff as the archetype of rough justice.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
"You'll turn me into a regular sleuthhound," he laughed.
From The Pawns Count by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The detective paid no attention, his face had hardened, he seemed every inch the remorseless sleuthhound of the law.
From The Bat by Avery Hopwood
"You must have your own way, Mr. Fenton," said Crackenfudge, smiling, or assuming a smile, and still steady as a sleuthhound to his purpose.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
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