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Definition of Sleuthhound
1. Noun. A detective who follows a trail.
2. Noun. A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
Definition of Sleuthhound
1. n. A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
Definition of Sleuthhound
1. Noun. A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal ¹
2. Noun. (informal) a detective, a sleuth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sleuthhound
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Literary usage of Sleuthhound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1884)
"The forties in the meanwhile were having a match to themselves, and May was again
first home ; but a protest on the part of sleuthhound having been ..."
2. The Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (1890)
"The breed of the sleuthhound has long been extinct, or nearly so, in the Border
districts. It was kept pure till after the Forty-five in the Highlands of ..."
3. The Royal Yacht Squadron: Memorials of Its Members with an Enquiry Into the by Montague John Guest, William Biggs Boulton (1903)
"This fell to the last, the redoubtable little 40-tonner sleuthhound, ...
The following day, in the cutter and yawl race, the sleuthhound bore off the cup ..."
4. Ayrshire: Its History and Historic Families by William Robertson (1908)
"John of Lorne had a sleuthhound that had once belonged to the King, an animal of
high sagacity, and he assured the English General that if only it were once ..."
5. Covert-side Sketches: Or, Thoughts on Hunting Suggested by Many Days in Many by J. Nevill Fitt (1879)
"That the Talbot, the St. Hubert, sleuthhound, and bloodhound, are one and the
same breed, I have no doubt; but I think there is evidence to show that in ..."
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