water dog
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See also: waterdog
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
water dog (plural water dogs)
- A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
- Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).
- 1860, Chambers's Edinburgh journal, page 215:
- Jim Bowes, in fact, looked like what he was — a rough old water-dog, who had grown gray and shaggy amidst the winds and waves, without ever troubling himself about the other shore that bounds the sea of life.
Synonyms[edit]
- water spaniel (dated as a general term)
Translations[edit]
water dog
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