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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in Scotland for bird hunting, having a silky black-and-tan coat.

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  • noun a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Alexander, Fourth Duke of Gordon, (1745?–1827), Scottish hunter.]

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