Definitionn. any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
Last update: August 30, 2015
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As a child I had a terrier as a pet. [Please select]
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He had received from his father the smatterings of a liberal education, but until the outbreak of the Revolution he was a domestic servant, and from 1785 occupied the invidious office of cornmissaire a terrier, his function being to assist the nobles and priests in the assertion of their feudal rights as against the unfortunate peasants. [Please select]
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(He follows, followed by the sniffing terrier.) [Please select]
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The terrier follows, whining piteously, wagging his tail. [Please select]
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"Where's the terrier." [Please select]
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"The wisest dog," says Sir Walter, "I ever had, was what is called the bull-dog terrier." [Please select]
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As some gentlemen were once hunting in Ireland, a large eagle hastily descended and seized their terrier. [Please select]
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Gyp was a thoroughbred bull terrier of which Laura was the proud owner. [Please select]
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_" with the expression of a terrier whose ears are suddenly cocked up on the alert." [Please select]
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He promised only last week to get Rose and me a fox-terrier puppy. [Please select]
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"'Foe' would be shorter and more easily said," was Dora's provoking comment; "or why not 'Fox,' since he is a fox-terrier." [Please select]
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