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Dobermann|ˈdəʊbəmæn|
[Name of Ludwig Dobermann, a nineteenth-century German dog-breeder of Thuringia. See also pinscher.]
In full Dobermann pinscher. A kind of German hound with a smooth coat and docked tail.
1917Policeman's Monthly Jan. 5/3 Nowadays four breeds of dogs are being used for police purposes: the Continental Sheepdog, the Airedale Terrier, the Doberman Pinscher and the Rottweilers. 1922R. Leighton Compl. Bk. of Dog viii. 119 The Germans pride themselves upon their sheepdogs, no less than upon their Boxers, their Dobermann Pinschers, their Saufangers, and Teckels. 1928Sunday Express 24 June 11 A German named Dobermann, of Aplolba, Thuringia..spent his life experimenting with different breeds, and at last, in the middle of the last century, he produced specimens of the ‘Dobermann Pincher’—and died before disclosing his secret. 1959Times 16 Jan. 1/7 Home Wanted for 18 month Dobermann Pinscher bitch. |