单词 | clumber spaniel |
释义 | clumber spaniel in British English (ˈklʌmbə) noun a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head Often shortened to: clumberWord origin C19: named after Clumber, stately home of the Dukes of Newcastle where the breed was developedclumber spaniel in American English (ˈklʌmbər) noun one of an English breed of short-legged, stocky spaniels having a chiefly white coat, used esp. for retrieving game Word origin [1880–85; after Clumber, estate in Nottinghamshire, England, where dogs were bred]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: interface, irredentist, jackpot, pari-mutuel, quotation markExamples of 'clumber spaniel' in a sentence |
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