Definitions

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

  • noun A small stocky dog of a breed developed in Belgium, having dense long black fur and small pointed ears.

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  • noun A small breed of dog developed in Belgium, sometimes used as a watchdog on boats.

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  • noun breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium

Etymologies

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

[Flemish, diminutive of schipper, skipper (from the dog's use as a watchdog on a boat), from Middle Dutch; see skipper.]

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Dutch, diminutive of schipper, skipper, from its use on boats.

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  • Keane lives in the small, fairly isolated mountain town of Nederland with his two dogs, Buck, a cross between a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Great Dane, and Wheat, a schipperke who was abused by his previous owner.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Keane lives in the small, fairly isolated mountain town of Nederland with his two dogs, Buck, a cross between a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Great Dane, and Wheat, a schipperke who was abused by his previous owner.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • "A small black dog, something like a schipperke?" asked Comus in a low voice.

    The Unbearable Bassington 1870-1916 Saki 1893

  • My schipperke, got very ill, vomitting, diarreha and forturnately I did a ton of research years ago before I made the switch to Nutro.

    unknown title 2009

  • My schipperke, got very ill, vomitting, diarreha and forturnately I did a ton of research years ago before I made the switch to Nutro.

    unknown title 2009

  • My dog was bitten by a schipperke, and she had the scar for the rest of her life.

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue 2009

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