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Scotch terrier

noun

Old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears. Synonyms: Scottie, Scottish terrier.

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"Scotch terrier" Quotes from Famous Books

... her from falling. Had both ends working at once—never missed a stitch with his heels and was turning out a steady stream of fancy work with his mouth. And all the time he was looking at that girl as intent and eager as a Scotch terrier at a ...

— Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son • George Horace Lorimer

... bronze, and a bas-relief from the Elgin marbles—not coloured like those flaxen-haired abominations at Sydenham, but pure and simple as the taste that created it; and an etching Landseer did for me himself of my little Scotch terrier growling; and a veritable original sketch of Horace Vernet—in which nothing is distinguishable save a phantom charger rearing straight up amongst clouds of smoke. Then I've put up a stand for my riding-whips, ...

— Kate Coventry - An Autobiography • G. J. Whyte-Melville

Words linked to "Scotch terrier" : Scottish terrier, terrier