spaniel
/ˈspænjəl/ noun C2- Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
- A cringing, fawning person.
Plural spaniels
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A spaniel had lain in a basket in the corner.
It may have been—yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel.”
“I recommend, sir, that you take a cab, call off your spaniel who is scratching at my front door, and proceed to Waterloo to meet Sir Henry Baskerville.”
Mortimer’s spaniel.
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