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Definition of Springer spaniel
1. Noun. A large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white.
Generic synonyms: Spaniel
Specialized synonyms: English Springer, English Springer Spaniel, Welsh Springer Spaniel
Definition of Springer spaniel
1. Noun. A dog of either of two different breeds (the English springer spaniel and the Welsh springer spaniel). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Springer Spaniel
Literary usage of Springer spaniel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"And if you asked me which dog I would sooner have for pheasant shooting in the
Himalayas—Toss or the con- springer spaniel (1803). ..."
2. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"JOHN s. со WELL'S CAREER In view of our old and esteemed friend and colleague
having been the means of sending the first real springer spaniel to the New ..."
3. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"Now, there is just as much difference between the head of the Clumber and the
head of the ordinary Field or springer spaniel as there is between black and ..."
4. The Complete Shot by George Teasdale Teasdale-Buckell (1907)
"... and the manner of hunting of the whole-red dogs is spaniel-like, it does not
seem to be unlikely that the springer spaniel, the colour of a blood bay ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"678, 1 c. SPRINGBOK, antelope, XV. 288 (ill.). Springer, spaniel, XV. 228, 1 c.
SPRINGFIELD, city of Massachusetts, ..."
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