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sleuth dog

sleuth dog noun: synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).

Noun

sleuth dog (plural sleuth dogs)

  1. (informal) Synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).
    • "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.1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...
    • Three troopers guided by a masked man and a sleuth dog pursued him.1991, Michael Brander, Tales of the Borders, page 132
    Synonyms:
    sleuthhound

Examples of sleuth dog in a sentence

  • I was told she was the finest sleuth dog on the borders, but thus far she's proven herself useless.2002, Jen Holling, Tamed by your desire, page 25:
  • Brought to England by William the Conqueror, the solemn-looking Bloodhound has entered literature and legend as the archetypal sleuth dog, but it never kills its prey.2003, Paul McGreevy, Dog lover's companion, page 350:

Synonyms of sleuth dog

Forms of sleuth dog

pluralsleuth dogs
alternative formsleuth-dog

Questions about sleuth dog

What does sleuth dog mean?
Sleuth dog means synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).
How do you use sleuth dog in a sentence?
I was told she was the finest sleuth dog on the borders, but thus far she's proven herself useless.
What part of speech is sleuth dog?
Sleuth dog is a noun.
What is the plural of sleuth dog?
The plural of sleuth dog is sleuth dogs.

Words near sleuth dog in the dictionary

  1. Slesin
  2. Slessor
  3. Sletten
  4. Slettens
  5. sleuth
  6. sleuth dog
  7. sleuth dogs
  8. sleuth-dog
  9. sleuth-dogs
  10. sleuth-hound
  11. sleuth-hounds

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