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terrier

Any of various breeds of highly intelligent, active dogs. They are usually small. Types include the bull, cairn, fox, Irish, Scottish, Sealyham, Skye, and Yorkshire terriers. They were originally bred for hunting rabbits and following quarry such as foxes down into burrows.

The small Parson Jack Russell terrier was recognized by the Kennel Club in 1990 as a variant of the fox terrier.



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On a thick green rug stretched in front of the fireplace, a fox terrier lay blinking at the wood fire.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Old Mother Hubbard was boosting me to beat the band as a genuine Pomeranian-Hambletonian-Red-Irish-Cochin-China-Stoke-Pogis fox terrier.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Within a minute from his entrance on the scene the poodles and the Irish terrier had vanished; the dog of doubtful breed was moving off up the hill, yelping, with the dispatch of one who remembers an important appointment, and Bill, miraculously calmed, was seated in the centre of the Promenade, licking honourable wounds.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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