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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



... my consent, Gorman 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, in ...
— Gossamer - 1915 • George A. Birmingham
... next day I found the Turks, true to their promise, already assembled by the servants' tent, and eight men were awaiting me with their guns. They had a sporting dog to assist them, which they described as "very useful for following a wounded hare; only it was necessary to be quick in securing it, otherwise the dog would ...
— Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 • Sir Samuel W. Baker


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


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