Definition of Pekinese

1. Noun. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.

Exact synonyms: Peke, Pekingese
Generic synonyms: Toy, Toy Dog

Definition of Pekinese

1. Noun. (alternative form of Pekingese) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pekinese

Pegasus
Peggy
Peggys
Pehlevi
Pei
Peiffer
Peiping
Peirce
Peirce's law
Peircean
Peireskia
Peisistratus
Peke
Pekes
Pekin
Pekinese
Peking
Peking duck
Peking man
Pekingese
Pekingologist
Pekingologists
Pekingology
Pel-Ebstein disease
Pel-Ebstein fever
Pelagian
Pelagian Islands
Pelargonium
Pelargonium graveolens
Pelargonium hortorum

Literary usage of Pekinese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social life of the Chinese by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"pekinese not inquisitive and abusive.—Various Nationalities represented at the ... pekinese hardy and robust.—Extent of the Wall around Peking.—Population. ..."

2. Under Five Reigns by Dorothy Nevill (1910)
"... the Admiralty —Changes of last sixty years—pekinese dogs—A bored Pasha- English Burgundy—Lord Wemyss—Blue coats and brass buttons- Lord Brougham's ..."

3. Our Sentimental Garden by Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle (1914)
"... the post and responsibility of mother <in pekinese ma.ma), it must follow as the night the day that her father "illico" became Grandpa. ..."

4. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"CHAPTER LVIII CHINESE (pekinese) SPANIELS AND PUGS THERE does not seem to be any valid reason why the first-named variety should be called ..."

5. China Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the by James Ricalton (1901)
"... to temples, memorial portals and astronomical instruments; now let me present to you an assemblage of pekinese women near the London Mission. ..."

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