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: any of a breed of large bird dogs of Scottish origin that have a long flat black-and-tan coat
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Another friend named a Gordon setter Alf, owing to his resemblance to the ’80s sitcom alien.
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Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
The Old Man nodded at Mister Howard and winked when the Gordon setter dived back into the bush.
—Field & Stream, 31 Dec. 2020
Mac, the Gordon setter, rounded him up for me in a patch of bush.
—Field & Stream, 31 Dec. 2020
In the 1930s, Jude Howard and his brothers had a Gordon setter whom their father named Dogue, after the Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
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Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
The Old Man nodded at Mister Howard and winked when the Gordon setter dived back into the bush.
—Field & Stream, 31 Dec. 2020
Mac, the Gordon setter, rounded him up for me in a patch of bush.
—Field & Stream, 31 Dec. 2020
In the 1930s, Jude Howard and his brothers had a Gordon setter whom their father named Dogue, after the Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
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“Gordon setter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gordon%20setter. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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