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Definition of Poodle dog
1. Noun. An intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs.
Exact synonyms: Poodle
Generic synonyms: Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog
Specialized synonyms: Toy Poodle, Miniature Poodle, Standard Poodle, Large Poodle
Generic synonyms: Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog
Specialized synonyms: Toy Poodle, Miniature Poodle, Standard Poodle, Large Poodle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poodle Dog
Literary usage of Poodle dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. San Francisco as it Was, as it Is, and how to See it by Helen Throop Purdy (1912)
"The first poodle dog was the Rotisserie kept by an old Frenchwoman in a board shanty
... She had a long-haired poodle dog which was her constant companion. ..."
2. Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"In the'upper grades of life a mother trusts her children to servants and governesses,
but her poodle dog she keeps under her own eye, and a scream from the ..."
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