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Definition of Pug-dog
1. Noun. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pug-dog
Literary usage of Pug-dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The pug-dog is an example of the fluctuating state of fashion and its votaries.
Many years ago the Pug was in very great request as a lapdog, or " toy" Dog, ..."
2. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"31 pug-dog 35 Mastiff ; the line passing along") ti,r outer surface of the £-41
Ditto ; inner ditto .... 30 skull 5 Leopard; inner surface Hare . Ram . ..."
3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The Alicant dog is alfo a double mongrel, proceeding from the pug-dog and ...
The pug-dog proceeds from the bull-dog and ..."
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