What (who) is lurcher - definition

BRITISH DOG CROSSBREED

North American Lurcher and Longdog Association

lurcher

Glutton, gormandizer.

lurcher

¦ noun

1. Brit. a cross-bred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, originally used for hunting and by poachers.

2. archaic a prowler, swindler, or petty thief.

Origin

C16: from obs. lurch, var. of lurk.

Lurcher

·noun A glutton; a gormandizer.

II. Lurcher ·noun One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.

III. Lurcher ·noun One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.

Wikipedia

Lurcher

A lurcher is a cross-bred dog resulting from mating a Greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of different type, commonly a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher was for hundreds of years strongly associated with poaching; in modern times it is kept as a hunting dog or companion dog.

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Pronunciation examples for lurcher

1. Maggie, his lurcher, quivered in disgust beside him,

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Examples of use of lurcher

1. "Maybe a lurcher ..." he replies. comment@guardian.co.uk

2. It was there that police, led to a bungalow by an inquisitive lurcher dog, had stumbled upon scores of human body parts in various stages of decomposition.

3. Stolen lurcher pups are said to sell for around 80, while a Crufts champion bitch stolen last year was said to have a value of 50,000.

4. Go on, they‘d love it." Which is how I came to spend my Sunday pinning a rosette on a lurcher rescued from a JCB.

5. As a traditional dog–and–stick farmer, I walk my meadows regularly with Briar, my little lurcher, and every day I check my animals to make sure they have food and water.