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sleeve dog
noun
- a very small Pekingese, usually under six pounds in weight and less than six inches (15 centimeters) tall.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sleeve dog1
First recorded in 1890–95; so called because members of the Chinese and Japanese imperial courts carried such dogs in the voluminous sleeves of their garments
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Example Sentences
But his teeth were very different from the tender milk-teeth of the little sleeve-dog, who could not bite any one if he tried.
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