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Manchester terrier

noun

  1. one of a breed of slender terriers having a short, glossy, black-and-tan coat, raised originally in Manchester, England.


Manchester terrier

noun

  1. a small breed of terrier with a glossy black-and-tan coat Also called (less commonly)black-and-tan terrier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Manchester terrier1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

But a Manchester terrier jumped up on his exhibitor, leaving a skid mark of mud on her skirt.

They went to a South End animal shelter and adopted Petey, their Manchester terrier mix.

She also read books, drove her Mitsubishi around the Estonian countryside visiting friends, and played with her dog, a Manchester terrier named Bossu.

It was a prospective client, Brandon, who told Katz that his Manchester terrier, Oliver, had jumped out of the car at the grocery store the day before and hadn’t been seen since.

All over the house he shares in West London with Chapman and Sonny, a hyperactive Manchester terrier, there is impressive evidence of his genius at repurposing and elevating fragments of the past.

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