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 Dander.Dandin (French). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dandie Dinmont.
 
A jovial, true-hearted store-farmer, in Sir Walter Scott’s Guy Mannering. Also a hardy hairy short-legged terrier.   1
        “From this dog descended Davidson of Hyndlee’s breed, the original Dandie-Dinmont.”—T. Brown: Our Dogs, p. 104.
 


 Dander.Dandin (French). 

 
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