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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Dandie Dinmont

/(dăn"dĭ dĭn"mŏnt)/ · Dan·die Din·mont · IPA
01 n. In Scott's “Guy Mannering”, a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dan…
  1. 1.
    In Scott's “Guy Mannering”, a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers.
  2. 2.
    One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border.