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• Westie
  Westie

  noun

  West Highland white terrier.
• westie
  westie

  noun

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

Westie

American  

[wes-tee] / ˈwɛs ti /

noun

1. West Highland white terrier.

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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

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Westie ² British  

noun

1. informal a West Highland terrier

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Example Sentences

The Westie named Lemon died 11 days after going home with her new owner.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

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

Barbara’s pet Westie loved to look out the window, and the toy dog sat in another window to look out, too.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2016

In the early 1990s, Westie enrolled a mixture of African American, Latino, Haitian, and white students, according to Arvelo.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2016

Last year’s participants included, for example: a French bulldog with a “Star Wars” theme; a papal Westie mix; a terrier ballerina, not quite on pointe on all fours; and a pair Grand Prix-ready Chihuahuas.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2015