Meanings
shih-poo1
plural shih-poos
- alternativeAlternative form of shihpoo.
He also had a love of animals, especially dogs; his most recent a shih-poo named “Shash”, was surely his favorite.
2017 December 31, Sunday News Journal, volume 139, number 203, page 22A2 more examples
Pretty soon, with poodles as the go-to sire dog, there were goldendoodles, cockapoos, Airedoodles, bich-poos, bassetoodles, shih-poos.
2013, Sue Halpern, A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher, Riverhead Books, →ISBNCrystal, a shih-poo, cools off in a wading pool while her owner, Kathy Maynard, tends to a Pekingese named Chloe, background, at the park.
2019 February 28, Tampa Bay Times, volume 135, number 219, page 11
Shih-Poo2
Shih-poo3
Origin
Stylized after the capitalized Shih Tzu, shih becomes Shih and therefore Poo follows suit.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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