MDDM "a somewhat dishevel'd Norfolk Terrier"

[JL]

jbor :
>On its first appearance the Learned English Dog is described as "a somewhat
>dishevel'd Norfolk Terrier, with a raffish Gleam in its eye" (18).
>
>http://www.puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/norfolkter.htm


for what it's worth, in 1737 Thomas Paine was born in Norfolk, in the
(rotten) borough of Thetford.

JL
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