collie
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːli/
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collie
- A collie is known for its intelligence and makes a great family pet.
The dog's name was Rover and he was a thoroughbred Scottish collie, a Scottish sheepdog.
- The dog's name was Rover and he was a thoroughbred Scottish collie, a Scottish sheepdog.
- And he had kind of a long, almost like collie like face, you know, so a long snout.
- Now this might be to do with genetics in certain bloodlines, but for me I think it has to do with the fact that as collies, they love to chase, bite and nip.
- She's a Britney's mountain dog, Beagle and border collie mix.
- All the lassies were male dogs because female collies tend to blow coat.
Examples
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Jacob shushed a barking collie as we pulled up to the house.
Fiction book (1999) -
A big black-and-white collie ran toward me along the gravel shoulder.
Fiction book (1998) -
You got a beautiful border collie right there.
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No, we still need to see the Border Collie.
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This guy's even bigger than my collie.
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And later, if we get a house with a big yard, I could get a collie, you know?
Fiction book (1993) -
Max is a classic Border Collie, intelligent, confident, and totally in charge of everything.
Fiction book (2001) -
There were wide lawns, a pond, a willow tree, and a collie dog.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gelsey, the ancient collie, lay at Aunt Bess's feet, right on the braided rug she was working on.
Fiction book (1999) -
The collie's name is Dusty, and the Australian shepherd's name is Clint.
Synonyms
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1.0
An animal people keep as a pet that also helps with work like hunting or guarding
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2.1
A dog trained to move and protect sheep on a farm
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2.7
A dog with long hair that herds and guards sheep
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Etymology
Collie probably comes from an old Scottish word like coal, meaning 'black', which was used for black-faced sheep or for dark dogs that herded them. One idea is that the dogs were named after the sheep or their colour, so the name came to mean the Scottish sheepdog we know today.