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slothound

slothound is the alternative form 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

Forms of slothound

pluralslothounds

Questions about slothound

What is slothound the alternative form of?
Slothound is the alternative form of sleuthhound.

Words near slothound in the dictionary

  1. slothfully
  2. slothfulness
  3. slothfulnesses
  4. slothing
  5. slothlike
  6. slothound
  7. slothounds
  8. sloths
  9. slothy
  10. Slotin
  11. Slotkin

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