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Dandie Dinmont in British English
(ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmɒnt)
noun
a breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears
Also called: Dandie Dinmont terrierWord origin
C19: named after a character who owned two terriers in Guy Mannering (1815), a novel by Sir Walter ScottDandie Dinmont in American English
(ˈdændi ˈdɪnmɑnt)
noun
one of a breed of small terriers having short legs, pendulous ears, and a long, wiry, pepper- or mustard-colored coat
Word origin
[1840–50; after a character in Scott's novel, Guy Mannering, who owned two such terriers]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flan, pylon, sensationalism, striation, warmupImage ofDandie Dinmont
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