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Spitz

noun

Any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail.

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"Spitz" Quotes from Famous Books

... beside it, I thought at the first glance that I was alone in the room, when a muttered "Sacr-r-r-re! Down, Bijou!" made me aware of a gentleman extended at full length upon a sofa near the fireplace, and of a vicious-looking Spitz ...

— In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards

... to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and Kate watched it, and then she thought, "Oh, dear! The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Well thought of." And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the Spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But Catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field; the dog, however, was swifter than Catherine and did not let the sausage ...

— Household Tales by Brothers Grimm • Grimm Brothers

... my wife had brought the camera home she had me set up as a statue all over the lawn, and she was snapping at me like a Spitz ...

— Get Next! • Hugh McHugh

Words linked to "Spitz" : Samoyed, keeshond, Samoyede, chow, chow chow, domestic dog, Canis familiaris, dog, Pomeranian