bull terrier
noun
: any of a breed of short-haired terriers developed in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers
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On July 29, a young Staffordshire bull terrier named Spud was discovered in a crate next to the entrance of a field at Frankby Stiles in Frankby, Wirral, in Merseyside.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Then the bull terrier comes home later that afternoon, and starts to get suspicious about why his owners are acting uncharacteristically nice to him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
The bull terrier was rescued by a Florida Highway patrol trooper and later renamed Trooper.
—Tony Marrero, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
In the late 1980s, Budweiser was running popular ad campaign featuring a bull terrier named Spuds Mackenzie.
—The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Then the bull terrier comes home later that afternoon, and starts to get suspicious about why his owners are acting uncharacteristically nice to him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
The bull terrier was rescued by a Florida Highway patrol trooper and later renamed Trooper.
—Tony Marrero, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
In the late 1980s, Budweiser was running popular ad campaign featuring a bull terrier named Spuds Mackenzie.
—The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Bull terrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bull%20terrier. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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