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Word: scotian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purebred" or "standardbred." Racing harness horses, pacers or trotters are standardbreds, no matter how much thoroughbred blood may have been used in that breed's creation. All dogs which are not cross-breds or mongrels, but members of established recognized breeds, are purebred. So if . . . the Nova Scotian duck tollers are thoroughbreds, they can only be horses, not dogs, however cunning their disguise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 24, 1951 | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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