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otter hound

noun

  1. a dog used for otter hunting, esp one of a breed, now rare, that stands about 60 cm (24 in.) high and has a harsh thick coat, often greyish with tan markings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Otters were illegally persecuted by fishermen and hunted with specially bred otter hounds until the practice was finally banned in 1981.

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If you’re born in the North Country, it’s hard to keep out of the river when you hear the otter hounds.”

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The otter hounds were out, and Mr. Ferris was driving his wife in the car to the meet.

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Of course Kitty can have no idea that Golderly has hunted a pack of otter hounds for some years.

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Landseer – who sculpted the lions in Trafalgar Square – spent a long time in the Highlands watching country life and the otter painting depicts a hunter and enthusiastic otter hounds belonging to the Earl of Aberdeen.

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