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▪ I. griffon2|ˈgrɪfən|
[a. F. griffon ‘chien anglais’, by Littré identified with griffon griffin1.]
A species of coarse-haired dog, resembling a terrier. Brussels griffon (also griffon Belge, Bruxelles or Bruxellois), a small griffon of European origin, with a short nose, flat face, prominent eyes and reddish-brown hair.
1882Blackw. Mag. Aug. 292 Austrian boarhounds and French griffons. 1897Times 12 Apr. 12/1 Griffons cannot be fitted with a head-cage. 1898Daily News 10 Feb. 6/6 Animals of foreign nationality such as Chows, Griffons, and merry little Schipperkes. 1898Dog Owners' Ann. 63 (heading) Dog clubs... Griffon Bruxellois Club. 1900C. H. Lane All about Dogs xiv. 269 Griffons Bruxelles, one of the most recent of all the breeds suitable as pets and companions and which has been very much ‘boomed’ the last few years. 1904H. Compton 20th Cent. Dog i. 119 In the Griffon Bruxellois you have the Captain Kettle of dogdom. Ibid. 120 The latest recruit..is the Brussels griffon. 1922[see affenpinscher]. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 209 Griffon Belge, a variety of Griffon Bruxellois. 1948― Dogs in Brit. 293 Also known as the Brussels Griffon, the breed [sc. Griffon Bruxellois] is one of the smallest of terriers. 1963B. Vesey-Fitzgerald About Dogs iv. 29 I believe that one can point to the ancestor of all the northern rough-haired Terriers: and that that is the Griffon Bruxellois.
▪ II. griffon
see griff n.4, griffin1. |