"sleuth-dog" meaning in English

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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": "1885, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland:",
          "text": "At the darkenin' he escaped upon the moss ; three troopers, guided by a muffler and a sleuth-dog, pursued him ; an\" as we crossed the bog this mornin', we found ane o' the troopers sunk to the middle in't, an' his horse below him; [...]",
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          "ref": "2005, Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, Planet Dog: A Doglopedia, page 41:",
          "text": "He then had a chance to reprise his role as the sleuth-dog in the television version of The Thin Man and won two PATSY (Picture Animal Top Star of the YearI Awards for his performances in 1959 and 1960.",
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        "Alternative form of sleuth dog"
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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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