MINIATURE SCHNAUZER Definition & Meaning

miniature schnauzer

noun

one of a German breed of sturdily built terriers resembling a smaller version of the standard schnauzer, having a wiry, pepper-and-salt, black, or black-and-silver coat, a rectangular head, bushy whiskers, and a docked tail, and originally developed as a farm dog but now raised primarily as a pet.

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Origin of miniature schnauzer¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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The video then cut to his miniature schnauzer, Oscar.

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Martin Scorsese seems to have found a new muse: Oscar, his daughter Francesca Scorsese’s aptly named miniature schnauzer.

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We are now married and parents of a darling miniature schnauzer, whom we named Harmony, in honor of the eHarmony website that brought us together.

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“I find that people if they retire after 65 or if they retire after 70, they just lose something in them,” said Strachan, who is single and lives with a miniature schnauzer named DJ.

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Taylor’s path began at 12 years old when she got a miniature schnauzer and began practicing her presentation.

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