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Who is Dandie Dinmont?

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18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Dandie Dinmont is a jovial farmer in Sir Walter Scott's Novel Guy Mannering. A short legged dog of the terrier breed was developed in the 17th century to hunt otters and badgers in the Cheviot and Teviotdale Hills in the border country of Scotland and England. The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is named after Dandie Dinmont, the character in this novel.

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