COLLIE


Meaning of COLLIE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

border

Almost all breeds are here ... although Border collies tend to dominate the proceedings.

A border collie mix, she explodes with energy.

His head said not even his faithful border collie could survive a horror like falling down a manhole.

He had a border collie in his lap and the world at his feet.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A collie on a leash nipped me on the heel, going through the skin.

A border collie mix, she explodes with energy.

A huge, beautiful collie in his luxuriant prime, mouth gaping, tongue lolling, eyes staring lifelessly at nothing.

A rough-coated collie called Tip, he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip.

A Smithfield is a leggy type of collie of the sort that bullock drovers used when working cattle half a century ago.

However, such restrictive exercise would not satisfy the ethological requirements of breeds such as dalmatians, dobermanns and collies.

Some will be smooth-coated, after the greyhound, while others will be rough-coated, after the collie .

Then Jess - collie from Canine Defence, had to be put down eventually.

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