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staghound
/ ˈstæɡˌhaʊnd /
noun
- a breed of hound similar in appearance to the foxhound but larger. It is bred for stag hunting
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Word History and Origins
Origin of staghound1
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Example Sentences
In her hand she carried a man's walking-stick, and by her side stalked a great black staghound.
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She pulled off her heavy gloves and gave them, with the stick, to the staghound, which walked gravely away at once.
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Then the staghound sprang up, snarling, his fangs bared, and the hair along his back bristling.
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I thought I knew the bay, and could have sworn that the animal was a staghound, and a full-blooded brute at that.
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It was fortunate for him that Mr Ross had some young dogs with a large strain of the Scottish staghound in them.
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