Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having coarse, stiff hair: as, a wire-haired fox-terrier.
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- adjective Having
coarse , stiff hair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair
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Examples
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I tried that "all-around" garbage once with a German wire-haired pointer.
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I tried that "all-around" garbage once with a German wire-haired pointer.
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Best in Hound Group finalists: It looks like we have the beagle, the long-haired dachshund and wire-haired, the Norwegian elkhound, the Rhodesian ridgeback, and the whippet...
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He felt his way in the darkness to the door of the outhouse, unlatched it, and entered softly, feeling with his hands for the wire-haired coat.
CHAPTER XXII 2010
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Now the wire-haired dachshund has a fantastic beard.
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Bully was a wire-haired terrier mix, and he was quite simply incorrigible.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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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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David brought along his wire-haired terrier, Dexter; Audrey brought along only her exquisite taste.
Stephen Collins: winner of the Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story prize 2010 Rachel Cooke 2010
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She had numerous electrodes snaking from her head, giving her the appearance of a wire-haired Medusa.
The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010
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Bully was a wire-haired terrier mix, and he was quite simply incorrigible.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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