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sleuthhounds

sleuthhounds is the plural of sleuthhound.

Meaning of sleuthhound

Noun

sleuthhound (plural sleuthhounds)

  1. A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.
    • Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless ferocity and the silent intentness of a sleuthhound. Often, however, he would pause and with his finger indicate some favourite stone to Winsome.1894, S. R. Crockett, The Lilac Sunbonnet
  2. (informal) A detective; a sleuth.
    • And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 310
    Synonyms:
    sleuth dog

Questions about sleuthhounds

What is sleuthhounds the plural of?
Sleuthhounds is the plural of sleuthhound.

Words near sleuthhounds in the dictionary

  1. sleuth-hound
  2. sleuth-hounds
  3. sleuthed
  4. sleuthery
  5. sleuthhound
  6. sleuthhounds
  7. sleuthiness
  8. sleuthing
  9. sleuthings
  10. sleuthlike
  11. sleuths

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