sleuth-hound

See also: sleuthhound

English

Noun

sleuth-hound (plural sleuth-hounds)

1. Alternative form of sleuthhound
   • 1607: Edward Topsell, The History of Four-footed Beasts - The Blood-hound differeth nothing in quality from the Scottish Sluth-hound, saving they are greater in quantity, and not alway of one and the same colour...
   • 1876: May Agnes Fleming, The Midnight Queen - What a fool, idiot, and ninny I must have been, to have left her as I did, knowing those two sleuth-hounds were in full chase!

Synonyms

• slot-hound