Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleuth dog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: sleuth -dog
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).

Informal

Example Sentences

""No force must be used upon him. Within what time wilt thou find him out?" / "Within thirty hours, so he have not crossed the Lothian firth–If it is to do you a pleasure, I will set off directly, and wind him as a sleuth-dog tracks the moss-trooper,” answered Christie."
"Three troopers guided by a masked man and a sleuth dog pursued him."
"I was told she was the finest sleuth dog on the borders, but thus far she's proven herself useless."
"Brought to England by William the Conqueror, the solemn-looking Bloodhound has entered literature and legend as the archetypal sleuth dog, but it never kills its prey."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

sleuth dogs (plural) sleuth-dog (alternative)

Synonyms

sleuthhound

Questions

What does sleuth dog mean?: Synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).

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