coach dog

American  

noun

1. Dalmatian.

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coach dog British  

noun

1. a former name for Dalmatian

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Etymology

Origin of coach dog

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

In Smithville, Ohio, Long's Market felt the pinch, advertised for "a good home for a male coach dog; very fond of sirloin steaks."

From Time Magazine Archive

There was one pair of sportsmen whose makeshift was a dropsical coach dog, very much spotted.

From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur

And there's the neatest looking paper-white coach dog just perfectly ruined with ink-spots!

From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

The little coach dog stepped aside from the road to give them a bark as he passed, and then pattered and pattered his tiny feet to catch up.

From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill

We have a white horse, a black and white coach dog, a Maltese cat, and two kittens; and mamma has just raised a brood of four canaries, but the cat caught one of them.

From Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various