sleuthhound

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a detective who follows a trail
noun a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.

Antony Gillingham, our own private sleuthhound. — The Red House Mystery, A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
“Ananta, {FN4-4} you are a born sleuthhound!” My glance of amusement was not without some exasperation. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
They are as sleuthhounds in the infallibility of their scent, and in their sayings no less sententious than the rubrics of the law. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

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