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Synonyms for dachshund

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahks-hoo nt, -hoo nd, -uh nd, daks-, dash-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɑksˌhʊnt, -ˌhʊnd, -ənd, ˈdæks-, ˈdæʃ-

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Définition of dachshund

Origin :
  • 1881, from German Dachshund (15c.), from Dachs (Old High German dahs, 11c.) "badger" (perhaps literally "builder;" see texture) + Hund "dog" (see hound (n.)).
  • Probably so called because the dogs were used in badger hunts, their long, thin bodies bred to burrow into setts. French taisson, Spanish texon, tejon, Italian tasso are Germanic loan words.
  • As in hound : noun dog
Example sentences :
  • The dachshund's pathetic shriek of outrage made the rafters ring.
  • Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
  • If mere quaintness of design be desired, is there not already the Dachshund!
  • Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Oh, well, of course it has been short too, summers always are; like the dachshund!
  • Extract from : « The Merryweathers » by Laura E. Richards
  • It was very nice to have the Prince asking after your dachshund's cough, but she had got past that.
  • Extract from : « Mammon and Co. » by E. F. Benson
  • He pointed to the dachshund, and added, in his ordinary tone, "That's him."
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • "That's my uncle Ethelbert's dachshund," he remarked, at the beginning of the lecture.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • If cats were dachshund dogs, and I wasn't so fond of dogs, I would be deadly.
  • Extract from : « Bud » by Neil Munro
  • Just give me a chance at that dachshund of a Kaiser with my two bare hands!
  • Extract from : « Why Joan? » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
  • A gift of a Dachshund was considered a token of high esteem.
  • Extract from : « Hunting Dogs » by Oliver Hartley
  • A dachshund has absolutely no sense of humour or lightness of spirits.
  • Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
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