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King Charles spaniel

noun

A toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat; named after Charles II who popularized it.

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"King charles spaniel" Quotes from Famous Books

... of a certain kind of little dog, in the pictures of King Charles I. that ever since that breed has been known as the King Charles spaniel. ...

— Pictures Every Child Should Know • Dolores Bacon

... he was so good-natured that he would never fight other dogs; and even allowed a little King Charles spaniel named Raith to run off with any bone he might have been gnawing, and to tyrannise over him in a variety of ways. If attacked by an inferior enemy, he would throw his immense bulk down upon his antagonist and nearly smother him, ...

— Stories of Animal Sagacity • W.H.G. Kingston

... origin of the King Charles Spaniel, and its advent in this country, what it may, King Charles II. so much indulged and loved these little friends that they followed him hither and thither as they pleased, and seem to have been seldom separated from ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton

... the fashion-plate figures she saw in the picture-papers. She had imagined her with a wide, drooping hat, with a soft, clinging gown, and a bodice like a great white handkerchief crossed on her breast, holding a basket of flowers, while a King Charles spaniel gambolled ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... King Charles Spaniel, and its advent in this country, what it may, King Charles II. so much indulged and loved these little friends that they followed him hither and thither as they pleased, and seem to have been seldom separated from him. By him they were loved and cherished, and brought into great ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton