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Irish terrier

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Irish terrier
n.
Any of a breed of terriers having a wiry reddish-brown coat.
Irish terrier
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of terrier with a wiry wheaten or reddish coat
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Noun1.Irish terrierIrish terrier - medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat; developed in Ireland
terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground


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--when I took my wife along on the cruise of the Minota, we found on board a nigger-chasing, adorable Irish terrier puppy, who was smooth-coated like Jerry, and whose name was Peggy.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
Within a minute from his entrance on the scene the poodles and the Irish terrier had vanished; the dog of doubtful breed was moving off up the hill, yelping, with the dispatch of one who remembers an important appointment, and Bill, miraculously calmed, was seated in the centre of the Promenade, licking honourable wounds.
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