blue·tick | \ ˈblü-ˌtik 
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\Definition of bluetick
: any of a breed of tricolor coonhounds of American origin having the white areas of the coat usually heavily ticked with black
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Recent Examples on the Web Dixie, a bluetick coonhound, just cannot shut up at the least opportune times.
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Tim Neville, Outside Online, "Lindsey Vonn Is Hosting a Reality TV Show with Dogs," 23 Nov. 2020 And is there anything better than a good bluetick coonhound?
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Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, "’Down in Alabama’: Elections, war on privet and a good bluetick," 4 Nov. 2020 Warming up, the young receiver caught a pass that took him out of bounds and into the neighborhood of a certain bluetick coonhound.
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Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, "Alot’s happened in the 5,000 days since Alabama last lost to Tennessee," 29 June 2020 Prior to home games the entire Volunteers football team is led onto the field by Smokey, a bluetick coonhound.
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Torrey Hart, SI.com, "The Greatest Mascots in College Football History," 12 Aug. 2019 An officer found a stray bluetick coonhound with no identification.
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Washington Post, "Alexandria and Arlington Animal Watch," 6 June 2017
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The first known use of bluetick was in 1890
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