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Airedale   /ˈɛrdˌeɪl/   Listen
Airedale

noun
1.
Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.  Synonym: Airedale terrier.





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"Airedale" Quotes from Famous Books



... fierce and unlovely thing. It is many-legged and hairless, its hide resembling that of a newborn mouse in repulsiveness. In size and weight it is comparable to a large Airedale terrier. Its eyes are small and close-set, and almost hidden in deep, fleshy apertures. But its most ferocious and repulsive feature is its jaws, the entire bony structure of which protrudes several inches beyond the flesh, revealing five sharp, ...
— The Chessmen of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs
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... anything. If she tried to set them on anyone, they'd think it was a cast and be off!" Then quietly added: "I've wired home for an airedale terrier. With him as her friend, she ...
— Sunlight Patch • Credo Fitch Harris
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... work are mongrels. By far the finest lion dog I ever saw was a cross between a shepherd and an airedale. He had the intelligence of the former and the courage of the latter. The airedale himself is not a good trailer, he is too temperamental. He will start on a lion track, jump off and chase a deer and wind up by digging out a ground squirrel. After a good ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope
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Words linked to "Airedale" :   Airedale terrier, terrier


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