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Airedale

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Aire·dale  (ârdl)
n.
A large terrier of a breed having long legs and a wiry tan coat marked with black.

[After Airedale, a valley of north-central England.]

Airedale
Noun
a large terrier with rough tan-coloured hair and a black patch covering most of the back
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Noun1.AiredaleAiredale - breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

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"I suppose I'm a fool," remarked the assistant secretary; "but by George, I can't help believing it, and I can see that girl now, with the big Airedale at her side protecting her from the terrors of a million years ago.
Once, Terrence, who was nearly as large as an Airedale and fully as lion-hearted--Terrence the Magnificent, as Tom Haggin called him-- had caught such a bush-dog trespassing on the beach and given him a delightful thrashing, in which Jerry and Michael, and Patsy and Kathleen, who were at the time alive, had joined with many shrill yelps and sharp nips.
In size and weight it is comparable to a large Airedale terrier.
 
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