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Dandie Dinmont|ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmənt|
Also shortened to Dandie.
[Name of a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering (q.v. ch. xxii, ‘Dandy Dinmont's Pepper and Mustard terriers’, and Note C).]
A breed of terrier from the Scottish borders, having short legs, long body, and rough coat. Also attrib.
[1826Scott Jrnl. 1 Apr. (1939) 145 Sometimes attending to the humours of two curious little terriers of the Dandie Dinmont breed.] 1848Sporting Life 8 Jan. 246/1 The dog celebrated by Sir Walter Scott as the Pepper and Mustard, or Dandie Dinmont breed. 1859‘Stonehenge’ Shot-Gun 77 The Dandie Dinmont..is an excellent rabbit dog. 1862J. Brown Our Dogs 29 From this dog descended Davidson (the original Dandie Dinmont) of Hyndlee's breed. 1875Mrs. Stowe We & Neighbors i. 7 A rough coated Dandie Dinmont terrier. 1894R. B. Lee Mod. Dogs (Terriers) 287 He has never known one of his Dandies show the ‘white feather’. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. 772/1 The two so-called Dandies. 1952R. Leighton Complete Bk. Dog (rev. ed.) 241 When Dandies fight it is a serious matter. 1963S. M. Lampson Country Life Bk. Dogs 122 The Dandie Dinmont has the distinction of being the only breed of dog named after a character in fiction. |