Puddle-hound

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of poodle. rare

    "You must breed fourteen or fifteen couple of small Puddle hounds, low and swift, and two couple of Terriers, which you may enter in one year, by this rule following."

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"You must breed fourteen or fifteen couple of small Puddle hounds, low and swift, and two couple of Terriers, which you may enter in one year, by this rule following."

Etymology

Calque of German Pudelhund, the etymon of poodle.

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