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sleuthhound

sleuth·hound

UK/ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

a detective who follows a trail

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2.

a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

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Origin

From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.

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