单词 | slough-dog |
释义 | slough-dog, -hound Sc. and north. [See sleuth n.2] = sleuth-hound 1.
1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772 68 The inhabitants of the marches were obliged to keep such a number of slough dogs, or what we call blood-hounds. a1784Hobbie Noble xv. in Child Ballads IV. 3 Aft has he beat your slough⁓hounds back. 1842Jefferson Allerdale Ward 23 The dogs appointed to be kept for defence were called slough dogs. 1843M. A. Richardson's Historian's Table-bk., Leg. Div. I. 159 The slough dogs of the Borderers. |

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