retrievers

Outside, "retrievers" - hired thugs sent by local authorities to bring back those attempting to lodge complaints-lurk around the offices, assaulting petitioners and sometimes threatening to kill them if they do not leave Beijing.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English Dan Edwards 2010

Finally, we reckon also among hunting dogs some very happy crosses between the spaniels and the barbets, which in England are called retrievers or water spaniels.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

At 9: 00, my "retrievers" came to help, but there was no sign right away and that's always disheartening.

Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Final Week (Week Four) 2009

At 9: 00, my "retrievers" came to help, but there was no sign right away and that's always disheartening.

Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Final Week (Week Four) 2009

At 9: 00, my "retrievers" came to help, but there was no sign right away and that's always disheartening.

Hunt for a Club-Footed Hog 2009

But Monica Seles says that by the time she hit No. 1 in 1991, the "retrievers," as she prefers to call them, like Arantxa S nchez-Vicario and Amanda Coetzer, also had "weapons they could hurt you with."

A Tennis 'Pusher' Pushes Back 2010

But Monica Seles says that by the time she hit No. 1 in 1991, the "retrievers," as she prefers to call them, like Arantxa S nchez-Vicario and Amanda Coetzer, also had "weapons they could hurt you with."

A Tennis 'Pusher' Pushes Back 2010

Faced with absurd obstacles and delays, petitioners spend years rewriting and resubmitting their complaints, all the while living in shanties, under bridges, or in tunnels, and enduring violence at the hands of "retrievers," government officials sent from their home villages.

The New Yorker Richard Brody 2011

Both of my retrievers ride in the back seat of my extended cab, period.

Does Your Dog Ride in the Front Seat? 2009

Both of my retrievers ride in the back seat of my extended cab, period.

Does Your Dog Ride in the Front Seat? 2009