What is a dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter called?
dropper — (Zoöl.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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