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Definition of Irish setter
1. Noun. An Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irish Setter
Literary usage of Irish setter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"CHAPTER V. THE Irish setter. It has often struck me as being extraordinary that
so little is known of the origin of the Irish setter —that he is an old dog ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"... the Irish setter Club, the Spaniel Club, the Sporting Spaniel Club, the
Deerhound Club, the Heagle Club, the Irish Wolfhound Club, the Borzoi Club, ..."
3. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"THE Irish setter The Irish setter by most authorities is conceded to be the purest
bred ... The American Irish setter of forty years ago was of this stamp, ..."
4. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"THE Irish setter The Irish setter, like the Irish terrier and the Irish water
spaniel, is a red dog, or, to be more explicit, a golden chesnut, ..."
5. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"CHAPTER V. THE Irish setter. It has often struck me as being extraordinary that
so little is known of the origin of the Irish setter —that he is an old dog ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"... the Irish setter Club, the Spaniel Club, the Sporting Spaniel Club, the
Deerhound Club, the Heagle Club, the Irish Wolfhound Club, the Borzoi Club, ..."
7. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"THE Irish setter The Irish setter by most authorities is conceded to be the purest
bred ... The American Irish setter of forty years ago was of this stamp, ..."
8. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"THE Irish setter The Irish setter, like the Irish terrier and the Irish water
spaniel, is a red dog, or, to be more explicit, a golden chesnut, ..."
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