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Dog walker under the influence of alcohol?
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lurcher
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker , skulker ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lurcher \Lurch"er\ (l[^u]rch"[eil]r), n. [See Lurch to lurk.] One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a poacher. (Zo["o]l.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between ...
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The lurcher is the offspring of a sight hound mated with another breed, most commonly a pastoral breed or a terrier type of dog . Brian Plummer identifies the Norfolk lurcher as the predecessor of the modern lurcher. While not a pure breed , it is generally ...
Usage examples of lurcher.
Sixty or seventy of them, large and small, smooth and shaggy--deer-hound, boar-hound, blood-hound, wolf-hound, mastiff, alaun, talbot, lurcher, terrier, spaniel--snapping, yelling and whining, with score of lolling tongues and waving tails, came surging down the narrow lane which leads from the Twynham kennels to the bank of Avon.
There is little doubt that they are the descendants of the dogs which the ancients called lurchers, crossed, perhaps, with the greyhound, and possibly other breeds.
The wagon had been moved from the outer to the inner circle, and a half-dozen fierce lurchers had been tied about it to keep away intruders.