51Թ

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carriage dog

carriage dog

noun

  1. a former name for Dalmatian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carriage dog1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Yen translated rapidly, scurrying along behind his sentences like a carriage dog beneath an axletree.

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An unaccompanied post chaise, deplorable in life, because unknown in art, and the expression "carriage dog" came into use for the first time.

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