tarrier

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When doggy men beyond ocean talk about a terrier, they usually pronounce it tarrier, and not terrier, as we mostly call him on this bank of the Atlantic.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

“That’s a nice enough little tarrier as Sir Grantley Wilters brought, and she won’t have none of it, but leaves it to her ladyship.”

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville

The cliverest lad of his hands and the best of his feet for twenty mile around—as full o' pluck as a tarrier an' as kindly-hearted as a wench.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

Every branch, every flower, became a hand of the sun's clock for the impatient tarrier, while its seconds and minutes moved haltingly forward.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

Jud Bates and "th' best tarrier i' Riggan" were among the most faithful attendants.

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson