Newfoundland
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Definition
(noun.) a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland.
(noun.) an island in the north Atlantic.
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Definition
(n.) An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
(n.) A Newfoundland dog.
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Definition
n. a large dog of great intelligence a strong swimmer black without any white markings first brought from Newfoundland.
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Examples
- The gate was opened by one of the rosy maids, and on the lawn were the Newfoundland dog and the man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Here, Bruno, he called, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tumultuously toward them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company was organized in 1897, and made agreements to erect coast stations for the Italian, Canadian, and Newfoundland governments, and for Lloyd’s. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Why, as His Grace goes on, he will find that I give him credit for a little more intellect than even a Newfoundland dog! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Old Bruno, a great Newfoundland, who slept at the end of the porch, rose, with a low growl, as she came near. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hawker, in a Sopwith aeroplane, left Newfoundland May 18th, and covered half the distance to Europe, but was compelled to descend. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On December 12, 1901, a quiet, dark-skinned young man sat, about noontime, in a room of the old barracks building on Signal Hill, near St. John’s, Newfoundland. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Roxanne