sleuthhound
noun/ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd/
Etymology
From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.
- inherited from sluth hunde
Definitions
A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal
A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.
- Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless ferocity and the silent intentness of a sleuthhound. Often, however, he would pause and with his finger indicate some favourite stone to Winsome.
A detective
A detective; a sleuth.
- And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.
- Of course, that may be an accident and couldn't possibly be called a case against anybody; but then we haven't the means to make a real case against anybody. Till the police come we are only a pack of very amateur sleuthhounds.
The neighborhood
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA