dachshundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdæk.sənd/us/ˈdɑːks.hʊnd/UK informal sausage dog, US informal wiener doga small dog with a long body and short legs
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Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- basset hound
- beagle
- bird dog
- doggy
- fox terrier
- foxhound
- German shepherd
- golden retriever
- mongrel
- mutt
- Pekinese
- pit bull terrier
- pooch
- St Bernard
- terrier
- tracker dog
- vixen
- whelp
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Examples from literature
- A dachshund has absolutely no sense of humour or lightness of spirits.
- After her, yapping eagerly, came five dachshunds.
- At the station there would always be two children playing with a dachshund.
- Dachshunds are evidently built for holes.
- The little dachshund came scampering into the shop and frisked about my feet.