SLEEVE DOG Definition & Meaning

sleeve dog

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a very small Pekingese, usually under six pounds in weight and less than six inches (15 centimeters) tall.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

First recorded in 1890–95; so called because members of the Chinese and Japanese imperial courts carried such dogs in the voluminous sleeves of their garments

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She held in her arms her Chinese sleeve dog, a once-prized pet that had fallen from favor and was now only to be met whining upward for a little love at every passer in the corridors, and it sprawled leaf-brown across her white frock, wriggling for joy at the unaccustomed embrace.

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The "sleeve dog" and the "chin dog" are common and appropriate appellations in the East.

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