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Tibetan spaniel

noun

  1. one of a breed of small alert dogs originally developed in Tibet, with a double coat of any color, well-feathered, pendent ears, and a plumed tail curled over the back.


Tibetan spaniel

noun

  1. a small long-bodied variety of spaniel with a long silky coat and a well-feathered tail carried curled over its back
“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 Tibetan spaniel1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

The Tibetan spaniel papillon mix was photographed on Instagram wearing a bow tie, with a caption that read: “My mommies are MARRIED!!!! Married?…… yes…. married!!!”

She affixed a sign to Gryffin, her 6-year-old Tibetan spaniel and posted up outside the vote tabulating room in a sweatshirt that read: “READ!”

“The ribbons are nice, but it’s the journey that you’re on with your dog,” Diana Gerba of Menlo Park, California, said Monday after showing her Tibetan spaniel, Marco, at Westminster.

“The ribbons are nice, but it’s the journey that you’re on with your dog,” Diana Gerba of Menlo Park, California, said Monday after showing her Tibetan spaniel, Marco, at Westminster.

Monáe also provides the voice for Peg, the tempestuous Tibetan spaniel who sings the bluesy “He’s a Tramp” while cooling her heels in the pound.

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