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Definition of Pekingese
1. Noun. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
Definition of Pekingese
1. Proper noun. a native or inhabitant of Beijing (formerly Peking) ¹
2. Noun. A small toy dog from China. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pekingese
Literary usage of Pekingese
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Dog Book by William Arthur Bruette (1921)
"THE pekingese At the present moment this breed is on the high tide of ...
The pekingese share with the Chows the honor of being the national dogs of China. ..."
2. Ti-ping Tien-kwoh: The History of the Ti-ping Revolution by Augustus F. Lindley (1866)
"Peking and the pekingese."—Its Author's Misstatements.— Misquotations.-—Examples
thereof.—" Chinese Miscellanies."—Ti- ping Movements. ..."
3. Round about My Peking Garden by Archibald Little (1905)
"pekingese DOGS AND GOLD AND SILVER FISH EKING has been for centuries not a producer
JL but a consumer : tribute white wax and copper come there yearly from ..."
4. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1889)
"PEKING AND THE pekingese (See Chinese Map of Peking.) BT THE REV. GEORGE OWEN,
OP THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, PEEING. [Addressed to the Members, ..."
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