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Newfoundland dog   /nˈufəndlənd dɔg/   Listen
Newfoundland dog

noun
1.
A breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland.  Synonym: Newfoundland.






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"Newfoundland dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... flashes of memory that we sometimes have in moments of tension that we had not troubled about running up guy-ropes, and there was nothing now to hold the tent if the wind caught it squarely. Scarcely had the thought formed in my mind than an extra fierce blast caught the light fabric, shook it as a Newfoundland dog would shake a small terrier it had picked up in its mouth, and then, before we knew what had happened, the wind had whirled the tent away like a child's balloon, leaving us standing bareheaded, shivering and exposed to all ...
— The Lost Valley • J. M. Walsh



Words linked to "Newfoundland dog" :   Canis familiaris, domestic dog, dog



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