What does tarrier mean?
Tarrier means A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries..
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/ˈtæɹi.ə/ · noun
A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries..
Wouldnae even offer Jock Stein – your greatest ever manager – a seat on the board 'cause he wasnae a Tarrier.
It was the Irish “tarriers” working on the railroad that provided the context for the folk ballad that began […]
I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
Why I recollect, a bit ago, having a tarrier dog what got old and disagreeable, and was turned out on that account from a swell house in Belgravy. Well, he come into my hands, and nat'rally I put him on paunch, like the rest. Would he eat it? Not he. He had been used to his chicken, and his mutton chops, and his 'ashes: and he turned up his nose at anything commoner.
Booth's and Doran's “tarriers” guarded the entrance to the town and drew first blood from a visiting dog: […]
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Tarrier means A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries..
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Wouldnae even offer Jock Stein – your greatest ever manager – a seat on the board 'cause he wasnae a Tarrier.
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