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puddle-hound en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of German Pudelhund, the etymon of poodle.

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of poodle.
   • Meres, tarns or water holes, such as those splashed about in by ‘puddle-hounds’, aka poodles 2003, “General Knowledge Crossword No. 3439”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • My baby puddle hound has a fresh cut! Such a crispy winter boi. 2020 January 22, u/macmaam, r/poodles (Reddit post), archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
   • You must breed fourteen or fifteen couple of small Puddle hounds, low and swift, and two couple of Terriers, which you may enter in one year, by this rule following. 1949, “A Very Good Note for Any Young Gentleman, Who Will Breed Hounds to Hunt the Fox”, in [Violet Bathurst,] Lady Apsley, compiler, The Fox-hunter’s Bedside Book, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC, page 108:
   • Quivering in her chair at the end of the dining room table, Helena had looked like a shivering puddle-hound, but on the subject she had stayed curiously silent. 2014, Cheryl Cooper, “Friday, August 27”, in Second Summer of War (Seasons of War; 2), Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN:
   • Supine upon a decorative chaise-longue, I was to represent humanity, while standing for the kingdom of the beasts we had the Marquis’ own firmly-built hunting dog, a puddle-hound (so called for their wet-looking coats) named Franz. 2007 November 14 (indicated as 2008), Alan Moore, “The New Adventures of Fanny Hill; or, The Further Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, as Recounted to Mr. John Cleland”, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, La Jolla, Calif.: America’s Best Comics, →ISBN, [page 7 of story]:
   • The little Puddle Hounds are living up to their name on their first swims! 2022 May 30, Puddle Hound Poodles, Facebook, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2025:

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Synonyms

poodle