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n. - A strong, speedy short-haried breed of dog bred for fighting.

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  • Willie was an English bullterrier who had belonged to an RAF pilot, and the pilot, unfortunately, was lost in a raid over Germany.
  • And Patton had had dogs all his life, and he got some of his aides and friends over there to -- to scout out, and they found this bullterrier, which he had had another...
  • 'Wich editor?' he snapped like a young bullterrier.
  • Then she used coarse language -- not to me, but to the bullterrier -- till she coughed with exhaustion.
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