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Definition of Dinmont
1. n. A wether sheep between one and two years old.
Definition of Dinmont
1. Noun. (Scotland) A wether sheep between one and two years old. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dinmont
1. a ram between shearings [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dinmont
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinmont
Literary usage of Dinmont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battlefields and Scenes Illustrative by William Howitt (1842)
"I found Dagg a thorough Dandie dinmont. Dandie he used lo know; and Hogg, he
knew; and he had all the hearty frankness and bluntness of Dandie. ..."
2. Archibald Constable and His Literary Correspondents: A Memorial by Thomas Constable (1873)
"... with Sir Walter's reply, accompanying Cribb, a Dandy dinmont terrier, and
requiring genealogical information—My father's reply—Letter to Sir Walter, ..."
3. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"Something of the bitter insularity that hedges the British bulldog - fancier
appears to attach to the Dandie dinmont devotee, as of the priest of a shrine ..."
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