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- noun Plural form of
borzoi .
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Examples
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Once or twice the so-called Russian wolf-hounds or silky coated greyhounds, the "borzois," have been imported and tried in wolf-hunting on the western plains; but hitherto they have not shown themselves equal, at either running or fighting, to the big American-bred greyhounds of the type produced by Colonel Williams and certain others of our best western breeders.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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She once attended a garden party as Mme Vorolsky, leading two borzois.
Bright, Young 'Baby' 2010
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Eight noble Siberian borzois prance down and dash across the roadway, barking and leaping.
The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000
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Coppinger speculates that the human desire to breed borzois for long snouts has reached a limit imposed by the survival capacity of puppies trying to suck.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Coppinger speculates that the human desire to breed borzois for long snouts has reached a limit imposed by the survival capacity of puppies trying to suck.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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And an amazing pic of coursing borzois in Cal from the always amazing camera of Herb Wells.
Dog Pics 2007
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She accused his coldness and neglect: now that his passion had spent its novel force, hethought her not much better than his borzois, Lubka and Krylat, a little dearer than Mashka, his English thoroughbred.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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She accused his coldness and neglect: now that his passion had spent its novel force, hethought her not much better than his borzois, Lubka and Krylat, a little dearer than Mashka, his English thoroughbred.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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She accused his coldness and neglect: now that his passion had spent its novel force, hethought her not much better than his borzois, Lubka and Krylat, a little dearer than Mashka, his English thoroughbred.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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She accused his coldness and neglect: now that his passion had spent its novel force, hethought her not much better than his borzois, Lubka and Krylat, a little dearer than Mashka, his English thoroughbred.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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