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Newfoundland dog

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Noun1.Newfoundland dogNewfoundland dog - a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
Newfoundland
Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"


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I wake every night and see in my room, intently watching me, a big black Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
He slept in a stable--generally on horseback--and so terrified a Newfoundland dog by his preternatural sagacity, that he has been known, by the mere superiority of his genius, to walk off unmolested with the dog's dinner, from before his face.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The gate was opened by one of the rosy maids, and on the lawn were the Newfoundland dog and the man.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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