Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various breeds of dog or cat having wiry hair.
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- noun A wire-haired terrier
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a terrier with wiry hair
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Examples
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And my sympathy ... as I'm STILL working on retrieving daily with my 5-year-old wirehair.
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Physically they resemble a solid chocolate wirehair plus this one has a very friendly personality.
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My current hunting partner is a german wirehair pointer.
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And my sympathy ... as I'm STILL working on retrieving daily with my 5-year-old wirehair.
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Physically they resemble a solid chocolate wirehair plus this one has a very friendly personality.
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My current hunting partner is a german wirehair pointer.
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I grew up with wirehair terriers, an English setter, and the aforementioned sad-sack basset hound, Brandy.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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I grew up with wirehair terriers, an English setter, and the aforementioned sad-sack basset hound, Brandy.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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I grew up with wirehair terriers, an English setter, and the aforementioned sad-sack basset hound, Brandy.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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Trampling over each other, the cats — two Persians, a Ragamuffin, three Siamese (Leo's favorites), a Maine Coon, a shorthair, a longhair and a wirehair of mixed origin — stage their own version of Pamplona's bulls in miniature.
Man Down 2009
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