Definition of "basset hound" []

• A short-haired hunting dog of a breed originating in France and having a long body, short legs, and long drooping ears. (noun)

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• "Koko was already eying a wall calendar with malice; it had a large photograph of a basset hound and a tear-off page for each month."
• "That little pisser was the most tenacious basset hound I'd ever met."
• "George was a pear-shaped man with silver-tinted buzz-cut hair, a permanent five o’clock shadow, and sleepy, basset hound eyes."