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Sporting dog   /spˈɔrtɪŋ dɔg/   Listen
Sporting dog

noun
1.
A dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns.  Synonym: gun dog.





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"Sporting dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... went off to "set" Ascher. I use the word "set" deliberately, for Gorman, when bent on getting anything done, reminds me of a well-trained sporting dog. He ranges, quarters the ground in front of him and finally—well, he set me as if I had been a grouse. He set Ascher, I have no doubt, ...
— Gossamer - 1915 • George A. Birmingham


Words linked to "Sporting dog" :   griffon, bird dog, setter, pointer, water dog, hunting dog, spaniel, Spanish pointer, wire-haired pointing griffon, retriever


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