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Definition of Eskimo dog
1. Noun. Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eskimo Dog
Literary usage of Eskimo dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"Here, next to his size, lies our grievance against the eskimo dog. When he is
fat and well cared for he works with a great deal of spirit, a sort of boyish ..."
2. Along the Labrador Coast by Charles Wendell Townsend (1907)
"CHAPTER VIII THE eskimo dog " The Esquimaux dog is surly and obstinate, because
his treatment is such as not to develop the nobler parts of his moral nature ..."
3. Our Humble Helpers, Familiar Talks on the Domestic Animals by Jean-Henri Fabre (1918)
"... THE eskimo dog WHAT I have just told you will make it plain enough that no
domestic animal dependent on vegetable food can be kept in that country. ..."
4. The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic by Robert Edwin Peary (1910)
"Man and the eskimo dog are the only two machines capable of such adjustment as
to meet the wide demands and contingencies of Arctic travel. ..."
5. My Dogs in the Northland by Egerton Ryerson Young (1902)
"He was of medium size, and as an eskimo dog, was as perfect as a picture.
While Caesar was tricky and surprisingly cunning, ..."
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