sleuthhound
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sleuthhound
- /ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd/
Where it comes from
From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.
noun sleuthhounds · sleuth-hound · slot-hound · slothound
- A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland. Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless ferocity and the silent intentness of a sleuthhound. Often, however, he would pause and with his finger indicate some favourite stone to Winsome.
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A detective; a sleuth.
And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.
Similar: sleuth dog
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