lion dog

noun

A fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.

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Meanings

nounlion dog (plural lion dogs)

plural lion dogs

  1. A fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.

    Her awards of best in the show to Mrs. Mrs. Arthur Holland's Peke, "Cairnwhin Tinto of Hydegree" of the highest value to those whose fancy is for the staunch little Lion Dogs.

    1966, Frank Crowninshield, Vanity Fair, volume 5, page 124
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