Meaning of greyhoundish | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a greyhound.

informal

Examples

“Gently, gently, friend Aaron: you trot on with those long legs of yours with such a greyhoundish speed, that my trotters can’t at all keep pace with you.”

“I wouldn’t have said you were the pinchable type, Jackie. You models are too greyhoundish to nip well.”

“The frescoes in the scuola had real dogs in them, too. “Which is your favorite?” she asked Min, who plumped for the scruffy white terrier gazing up at Saint Augustine as he received from Saint Jerome the news of his imminent demise. “The obvious choice,” Eva said, “though for my part I prefer the long-snouted greyhoundish one watching him baptize the Selenites.””

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