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lurcher
noun 4
Collocations
1LURCHER + NOUN
mens, taketh
Definitions
noun
1
One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
2
A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
“Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
3
A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.
noun
1
A glutton; a voracious eater
Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh
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“Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
Wiktionary02
Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh
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