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Airedale terrier (sometimes capitalized)
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Examples
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What looks like an airedale is a wire-haired fox terrier similar to but smaller than an airedale.
Surfing the Curves of Change Fresca 2010
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After our previous dog (an airedale terrier) passed away, we just got ourselves a new doggy – Tirza (9 weeks now).
Got a dog 2005
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The stable dog, a big airedale, kept up with the whole ride easily and was very scornful of the little spaniel.
The Rockingdown Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949
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By far the finest lion dog I ever saw was a cross between a shepherd and an airedale.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900
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The airedale himself is not a good trailer, he is too temperamental.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900
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We once started an airedale on a lion track, followed him at a fiendish pace, dashed down the side of a mountain, and found that he had an angora goat up a tree.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900
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After a good hound finds a lion, the airedale will tackle him.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900
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Nigel, the couple's 55-pound airedale terrier, started barking madly and one of the men put a rifle to the dog's head.
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Natsukashi places you got there Cranky, but I couldn't get into any of them because I was an airedale.
FG 2010
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Natsukashi places you got there Cranky, but I couldn't get into any of them because I was an airedale.
FG CrankyBastard 2010
chained_bear commented on the word airedale
A dog breed "developed about a hundred years ago in the county of York (presumably in England) by crossing the ancient working terrier and the otterhound. Its name comes from the River Aire in Yorkshire (and presumably from the dales along its banks)... Unlike smaller terriers, it is not suited to searching out the lairs of small animals, but it is good at hunting otter in the marsh (just one marsh?) and at stag and wild-boar hunting." (Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980)
February 21, 2007
minouchette commented on the word airedale
a homely man
October 8, 2010