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lurcher
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker , skulker ]
Wikipedia
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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 ...
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Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher. 2 A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses. Etymology 2 ...
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.