dachshound

English

Noun

dachshound (plural dachshounds)

1. Archaic form of dachshund.
   • 1877, Vanity Fair, volume 17, page 179:

     Among the pack were a few really thoroughbred dachshounds, and I recognised Waldmann, who, by his air of superior importance, led me to suppose he had fully learnt the lesson which his owner had promised to inculcate.

   • 1887, The Living Age, volume 174, page 770:

     Six years ago I brought him down,
     A baby dog, from London town;
     Round his small throat of black and brown
     A ribbon blue,
     And vouch'd by glorious renown
     A dachshound true.