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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog of an English breed of toy spaniel having a flat head, short muzzle, long ears, and long silky coat of various colors.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After King Charles II, since the breed was developed in the 20th century to resemble the spaniels often seen in paintings from his reign and that of his father, Charles I of England.]
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