Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large dogs, such as the Irish wolfhound or the borzoi, originally bred to hunt wolves or other large game.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dog used in hunting wolves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A dog of one of various breeds originally developed to hunt
wolves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves
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Examples
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Ganelon could still remember, years before, a discussion of _King Lear_ during which the elder Ganelon had uttered a giggle of the hashish-eater's sort, a symptom of the early stages of oboe madness, and asked Gramont, "If a king named his eldest daughter Goneril, what would he call his wolfhound?"
Nutrition 2010
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Ganelon could still remember, years before, a discussion of _King Lear_ during which the elder Ganelon had uttered a giggle of the hashish-eater's sort, a symptom of the early stages of oboe madness, and asked Gramont, "If a king named his eldest daughter Goneril, what would he call his wolfhound?"
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The wolfhound was the first to turn tail and skulk away into the dark, the Yorkie with the blue bow the last, but they all went.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006
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In the most recent MISTBORN 3 annotations I discuss how well TenSoon's wolfhound body fits him, assassination and the inspiration for Fadrex, and Spook's belief in Kelsier and the mental effects of Allomancy.
WARBREAKER Audio, Weekly Updates mistborn 2009
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It was the size of a wolfhound and blazingly, stunningly, breathtakingly white.
Wilkinson's Folly Lynn Beighley 2011
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The skeletons of Dr. Grover Krantz (one of the few professionals to study Bigfoot) and his favorite wolfhound are on display now in a special exhibit at the Smithsonian NMNH.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Irish wolfhound: I've always loved Irish wolfhounds—their size, their beards, and their surprisingly sweet demeanor.
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And hello to Molly, the pub's Irish wolfhound, who gets a mention.
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The skeletons of Dr. Grover Krantz (one of the few professionals to study Bigfoot) and his favorite wolfhound are on display now in a special exhibit at the Smithsonian NMNH.
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Disliking Los Angeles and all its ways, he objects to the presence of neighbours permitted to use his brother's pool and resents having to take responsibility for Mahler, the family's wolfhound for whom he's promised to build a kennel.
Greenberg 2010
fbharjo commented on the word wolfhound
originally wolfhounds now locolobos????
May 15, 2012