working terrier

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working terrier

noun working terriers

a terrier bred to hunt a small mammal, such as a badger, fox, raccoon, rat or opossum. A working terrier absolutely must bark when it is the least bit excited or aroused because in earlier times this alerted the hunters to the location of the burrow where the dog had pursued an animal into its den.

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@misc{working_terrier_2026,
  title = {working terrier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/working%20terrier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}