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Definition of Flat-coated retriever
1. Noun. An English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flat-coated Retriever
Literary usage of Flat-coated retriever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"THE flat-coated retriever There are three varieties of the Retriever—the
curly-coated, the flat-coated (formerly described as the wavy-coated), ..."
2. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"... put up in the flat- coated retriever section, and no less than sixteen specimens
faced the judge. The first prize was awarded to the Hon. ..."
3. C.S.R. Blue Book of Dogdom (1911)
"A TYPICAL RETRIEVER There are several dogs that may be called Retrievers, but
those most commonly known arc the flat-coated Retriever, the curly-coated ..."
4. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"A friend of mine was taking exception to the lack of perseverance a flat-coated
retriever displayed in making out the line of a winged pheasant that had run ..."
5. The Complete Shot by George Teasdale Teasdale- Buckell (1907)
"Judged from the point of view of an admirer of a good flat- coated retriever,
the present race of Labrador dogs appear common. But it would be altogether ..."
6. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1908)
"The flat-coated retriever is a dog that enters into the spirit and into the mood
of the work that is going on. He is sagacious and always anxious to please, ..."
7. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE RETRIEVERS No breed of latter days has sprung into greater favour
than that of the flat-coated retriever; but whereas he has improved in ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"Although the flat-coated retriever has had many detractors, he could scarcely
have flourished and reached such a popularity as he has done, ..."
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