Welsh terrier

American  

noun

1. one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.

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Welsh terrier British  

noun

1. a wire-haired breed of terrier with a black-and-tan coat

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Etymology

Origin of Welsh terrier

First recorded in 1885–90

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Welsh terrier

In 2011, a stingray tapeworm, Rhinebothrium corbatai, was named after the lead author’s Welsh terrier, Corbata.

From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2022

Others destroyed included Backside Bard, a wire-haired stud, Hafren Wizard, the last Welsh terrier bred by Homer Gage Jr., and Holmbury Reverie of Welwire, a wire-haired that had won "Best-in-Show" 14 times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caroline's Welsh terrier, Charlie, skitters happily around the place, and in nice weather lives in a house under the magnolia tree that Andy Jackson planted near the back door.

From Time Magazine Archive

He likes to take short walks around the neighborhood with his Welsh terrier Pompey, once stopped to help a neighbor rake the leaves off his lawn.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's a thousand pities he's so very coarse," murmured one disinterested admirer, the owner of the Welsh terrier.

From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Rockwell, Norman