"sleuth dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sleuth dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleuth dog (plural sleuth dogs)
  1. Synonym of sleuthhound Synonyms: sleuthhound [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-sleuth_dog-en-noun--gKWHg2B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "\"No force must be used upon him. Within what time wilt thou find him out?\" / \"Within thirty hours, so he have not crossed the Lothian firth–If it is to do you a pleasure, I will set off directly, and wind him as a sleuth-dog tracks the moss-trooper,” answered Christie.",
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          "ref": "1991, Michael Brander, Tales of the Borders, page 132:",
          "text": "Three troopers guided by a masked man and a sleuth dog pursued him.",
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          "ref": "2002, Jen Holling, Tamed by your desire, page 25:",
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          "ref": "2003, Paul McGreevy, Dog lover's companion, page 350:",
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