Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog used for tracking or pursuing, such as a bloodhound.
- noun A detective.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bloodhound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A working
dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal - noun informal a
detective , asleuth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking
- noun a detective who follows a trail
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He knows absolutely nothing about the manifestations of the disorder, to begin with; but that is of no consequence, for the world is open to observation; and the note-book, the inquiring mind, and the sleuthhound patience are all as available as ever.
My Contemporaries In Fiction David Christie Murray
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To Oscar it spoke volumes, and he knew that his faithful strategist had succeeded in falling to a trail; and he knew that he would soon be on the trail like a sleuthhound following its prey.
Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Harlan Page Halsey
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However, the methodical sleuthhound ran his quarry to earth a year or two later, just as he had put the finishing touches to his great
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 Various
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From that instant, all pretenses were abandoned, Robert was a sleuthhound on a keen scent.
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Jimmy above stairs and Spike Mullins below, that sleuthhound would have his hands full.
The Gem Collector 1928
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Could you be a sleuthhound, Bill -- one of those that travel on their stomachs very noiselessly?
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The detective paid no attention, his face had hardened, he seemed every inch the remorseless sleuthhound of the law.
The Bat Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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State, sleuthhound without a peer, threw up his hands in a gesture of odd hopelessness.
The Bat Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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She was working like a regular sleuthhound, now, too, slowly, picking up the trail and following it, baying as she went.
Guy Garrick 1908
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She was working like a regular sleuthhound, now, too, slowly, picking up the trail and following it, baying as she went.
Guy Garrick 1908
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