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Westie

American  
[wes-tee] / ˈwɛs ti /

westie 1 British  
/ ˈwɛstɪ /

noun

  1. a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Sydney

  2. a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Auckland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Westie 2 British  

noun

  1. informal a West Highland terrier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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What it also provides is perspective: The concerns of Mafia dons and Westie bosses may be a valid chapter of the America immigrant saga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cameron, now 71, lives in an adobe house up a mountain from downtown Santa Fe with a Westie named Lily.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2019

Even our white Westie, Mysty, who hated traveling far from her doggy bed, always ceased howling as soon as we arrived, rushing out of the car to find Jean standing at her always-welcoming front door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

A few months ago, she moved to the Upper West Side, where she enjoys walking her dog, a Westie named Aston, in Riverside Park.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018

We stand in a 20-acre field of oil seed rape with Stubbings the Westie darting about.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2015

He loved to zip around his neighborhood in his classic 1973 canary yellow Volkswagen Karmann Ghia along with his wife and their westie, Winston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

About the book: For more information about the book, go to the Trinity University westie at tupress.org.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021

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