Synonyms for basset
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bas-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæs ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for basset Other synonyms for the word basset
Définition of basset
Origin :- type of short-legged dog, 1610s, from French basset, from Old French bas "low" (see base (adj.)) + diminutive suffix.
- As in hound : noun dog
- "Don't let him talk so much," said Basset, in a whisper, to the doctor.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "There are many of your opinion on that head," said Basset, with a savage grin.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- “I would it were,” said Basset, folding his arms beneath his head.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- “And ours were uncommon men—there is all the difference,” retorted Basset.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- O Mistress Basset, could you not compass the same for Blanche?
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- A few yards, perhaps,” surmised Basset, “but not so far as the wharf.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer » by Harry Collingwood
- A Basset, is one of those Hounds, incapable of having a 'wicked eye.'
- Extract from : « All About Dogs » by Charles Henry Lane
- The American beagle has a brother in France, called the Basset.
- Extract from : « Hunting Dogs » by Oliver Hartley
- The emergence of strata at the surface is called by miners their outcrop or basset.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Elementary Geology » by Charles Lyell.
- Impetuous youth, play not with him at billiards, basset, or gleek.
- Extract from : « Adventures among Books » by Andrew Lang
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