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Definition of Schipperkes
1. schipperke [n] - See also: schipperke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schipperkes
Literary usage of Schipperkes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"With the earlier imported schipperkes eczema was a very common and troublesome
disease (probably largely the result of inbreeding) ; but this tendency to ..."
2. A Manual of Toy Dogs: How to Breed, Rear, and Feed Them by Leslie Williams (1904)
"Next to toy Poms I will mention toy schipperkes, because, ... schipperkes are
extremely heavy dogs for their size, and quite a wee one will weigh four times ..."
3. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"... where the late George Krehl helped them and gave them a characteristic lift
with his wonderful facile pen—just, in fact, as he did with the schipperkes, ..."
4. Belgium: A Personal Narrative by Brand Whitlock (1919)
"... and those charming little dogs—"schipperkes," as the Flemish call them—"little
skippers," who long ago lost their tails by sitting down on them so often ..."
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