Westie
Americannoun
noun
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a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Sydney
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a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Auckland
noun
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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
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
The back door had been left open all day so that her aging, coddled Westie, Gus, could relieve himself in the yard.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
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
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From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
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