Definition of "golden retriever" []

• A retriever of a breed originating in Scotland, having a dense coat of golden hair with feathering at the neck, legs, and tail. (noun)

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• "Laura brought her golden retriever over to our table in the bar at lunch-time."
• "A man in loose green scrubs walked a chesty golden retriever beside a woman pushing a dark blue stroller."
• "Now, twelve years later, his six months in the RAF ended early because of an unspecified problem with his right knee, he was a senior executive in a firm that manufactured double-glazed windows, he told me, with, since the divorce, a smaller house than he felt that he deserved and only a golden retriever for company."