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miniature schnauzer

noun

  1. one of a German breed of sturdily built terriers resembling a smaller version of the standard schnauzer, having a wiry, pepper-and-salt, black, or black-and-silver coat, a rectangular head, bushy whiskers, and a docked tail, and originally developed as a farm dog but now raised primarily as a pet.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of miniature schnauzer1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

The video then cut to his miniature schnauzer, Oscar.

Martin Scorsese seems to have found a new muse: Oscar, his daughter Francesca Scorsese’s aptly named miniature schnauzer.

We are now married and parents of a darling miniature schnauzer, whom we named Harmony, in honor of the eHarmony website that brought us together.

“I find that people if they retire after 65 or if they retire after 70, they just lose something in them,” said Strachan, who is single and lives with a miniature schnauzer named DJ.

Taylor’s path began at 12 years old when she got a miniature schnauzer and began practicing her presentation.

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