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puddle-hounds

puddle-hounds is the plural of puddle-hound.

Meaning of puddle-hound

Noun

puddle-hound (plural puddle-hounds)

  1. (rare) Synonym of poodle.
    • 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.1949, “A Very Good Note for Any Young Gentleman, Who Will Breed Hounds to Hunt the Fox”, in [Violet Bathurst,] Lady Apsley, compiler, The Fox-hunter’s Bedside Book, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode...
    Synonyms:
    poodle

Questions about puddle-hounds

What is puddle-hounds the plural of?
Puddle-hounds is the plural of puddle-hound.

Words near puddle-hounds in the dictionary

  1. puddle jumps
  2. puddle pirate
  3. puddle pirates
  4. puddle up
  5. puddle-hound
  6. puddle-hounds
  7. puddle-jump
  8. puddle-jumped
  9. puddle-jumper
  10. puddle-jumpers
  11. puddle-jumping

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