Westie
Americannoun
noun
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a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Sydney
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a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Auckland
noun
Example Sentences
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Cameron, now 71, lives in an adobe house up a mountain from downtown Santa Fe with a Westie named Lily.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2019
Even our white Westie, Mysty, who hated traveling far from her doggy bed, always ceased howling as soon as we arrived, rushing out of the car to find Jean standing at her always-welcoming front door.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2018
Barbara’s pet Westie loved to look out the window, and the toy dog sat in another window to look out, too.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2016
In the early 1990s, Westie enrolled a mixture of African American, Latino, Haitian, and white students, according to Arvelo.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2016
The back door had been left open all day so that her aging, coddled Westie, Gus, could relieve himself in the yard.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2014
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