Dandie Dinmont
(ˈdændɪ ˈdɪnmənt)
Also shortened to Dandie.
[Name of a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering (q.v. ch. xxii, ‘Dandy Dinmont's Pepper and Mustard terriers’, and Note C).]
A breed of terrier from the Scottish borders, having short legs, long body, and rough coat. Also attrib.
| [1826 Scott Jrnl. 1 Apr. (1939) 145 Sometimes attending to the humours of two curious little terriers of the Dandie Dinmont breed.] 1848 Sporting Life 8 Jan. 246/1 The dog celebrated by Sir Walter Scott as the Pepper and Mustard, or Dandie Dinmont breed. 1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-Gun 77 The Dandie Dinmont..is an excellent rabbit dog. 1862 J. Brown Our Dogs 29 From this dog descended Davidson (the original Dandie Dinmont) of Hyndlee's breed. 1875 Mrs. Stowe We & Neighbors i. 7 A rough coated Dandie Dinmont terrier. 1894 R. B. Lee Mod. Dogs (Terriers) 287 He has never known one of his Dandies show the ‘white feather’. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 772/1 The two so-called Dandies. 1952 R. Leighton Complete Bk. Dog (rev. ed.) 241 When Dandies fight it is a serious matter. 1963 S. M. Lampson Country Life Bk. Dogs 122 The Dandie Dinmont has the distinction of being the only breed of dog named after a character in fiction. |