SLEUTHHOUND


Meaning of SLEUTHHOUND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈslüth-ˌhau̇nd ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English (Scots) sleuth hund, a kind of bloodhound, from Middle English sleuth, sloith, sloth track of an animal or person (from Old Norse slōth ) + hund hound

Date: 1850

: detective

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