water spaniel
either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
Origin of water spaniel
1- Compare American water spaniel, Irish water spaniel.
Words Nearby water spaniel
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How to use water spaniel in a sentence
Inside of three minutes Bob White went in from the headland with a splash, and swam toward the floating boat like a water spaniel.
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire | Herbert CarterHe is half setter and half water-spaniel; pure on both sides.
Bruno | Byrd Spilman DeweyA young water spaniel might, with advantage, occasionally be indulged with a duck-hunt in warm weather.
Dog Breaking | William Nelson HutchinsonI have hunted with them and found this breed of dog away ahead of the water spaniel, collie, etc.
Hunting Dogs | Oliver HartleyM. des R—— had a water spaniel, which had been brought up by him, and had never quitted him.
A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals | Percy J. Billinghurst
British Dictionary definitions for water spaniel
either of two large curly-coated breeds of spaniel (the Irish and the American), which are used for hunting waterfowl: See also Irish water spaniel
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