Well attestedNamed from the place
Bedlington terrier
noun · first attested 19th century
It is groomed to look like a lamb and was bred to kill things underground.
A lithe terrier with a pale curly coat, a topknot, and an arched back, bred in northeast England.
55.1320°N -1.6000°W · Q2249694
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Bedlington
- In English
Bedlington terrier
Miners around the Northumberland pit village of Bedlington kept these dogs for vermin and poaching, and the village name attached to the type in the 1820s. The lamb-like trim is a show ring convention; working Bedlingtons were kept a good deal plainer.
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