Saint Bernard
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- noun
- /seɪnt bərˈnɑrd/
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San Bernardo
- To me, it looks like a wet Saint Bernard trying to come in through the cat door.
- Saint Bernard dog
- Saint Bernard rescue
It's like, man, it's trying to like trying to do CPR on a fucking Saint Bernard.
- It's like, man, it's trying to like trying to do CPR on a fucking Saint Bernard.
Examples
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The Saint Bernard is famous for its role in rescuing stranded travelers in the Swiss Alps.
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The search and rescue team relied on a trained Saint Bernard to find lost hikers in the snowy mountains.
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The Saint Bernard followed her into her room.
Fiction book (1992) -
He has two Saint Bernards, he showed me pictures
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"Baby?" The Saint Bernard opened an enormous mouth and emitted a deep bass bark.
Fiction book (1992) -
"The Saint Bernard stood still, blinking sleepily, until Andy grabbed its collar and dragged it into the house.
Fiction book (1992) -
Suddenly, an enormous shaggy creature—a Saint Bernard—ran into the hall, its claws tapping on the parquet.
Fiction book (2002) -
With its thick coat and gentle demeanor, a Saint Bernard makes a wonderful companion for families.
Synonyms
A large, strong dog with thick fur used to help people lost in the mountains
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Surface Forms
Morphology
saint + Bernard
This is an eponymous breed name: the meaning 'a large rescue dog' cannot be derived from 'saint' (a holy person) plus 'Bernard' (a proper name). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely interpret it as a person's/title name rather than infer the dog-breed sense, so the expression is not compositional.
Etymology
Saint Bernard is named after a mountain shelter run by monks on the Saint Bernard pass in the Alps, where they kept large dogs to help travelers. One popular story says these strong dogs found lost people in the snow and warmed them, so today the name brings the idea of a very big dog used for 'rescue' work.