American water spaniel

noun

1. one of an American breed of medium-sized water spaniels having a thick, curly chocolate-colored or liver-colored coat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of American water spaniel¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Others include the Great Dane in Pennsylvania and the American water spaniel in Wisconsin.

From Washington Times

Heck, half of us are undocumented immigrants; what, you think the American water spaniel wants to run this race?

From Washington Post

Wisconsin has the American water spaniel, Louisiana has the Catahoula leopard dog and Maryland has bestowed the honor on the Chesapeake Bay retriever.

From Time

One example from the opposite side of the United States is Faust, a tough little American water spaniel, who traveled to Alaska with his owner, the equally tough Frances E. “Fizzy” Fitz.

From Salon

There were children in strollers and people with canes and a man with his American water spaniel — all of them grabbing doughnuts and shoveling them in.

From New York Times