Meanings of lurcher (lurchers) in английском

The hands of one of the lurchers flew to the newcomer's mouth.

Landowners are wary of men who walk their fields with lurchers because the dogs hunt constantly.

And the author tells us that breeding lurchers is now, in England, a quite above board occupation.

The lurchers vanished noiselessly and instantaneously.

But the dogs called lurchers nowadays are mostly of degenerate and impure breed; still, even these are capable of a good deal.

When the only slow set of the night was played, Fr Brown would weave in and out of the "lurchers".

In short, all the dogs he came across, be they mastiffs or terriers, he said were lurchers; and he discharged no more stones.

Sitting surrounded by lurchers in his book-filled Belfast house, he is the full of the room and could pass for some ancient and powerful laird.

So, while the gangs that hunt hares with lurchers can be prosecuted, coursing clubs can capture up to 10,000 hares every year for their fixtures.

"For villains and lurchers," said he, "and if you keep any such in hiding, you had best speak and save trouble."

For rabbiting, the lurcher was and is the dog of all others.

My dear fellow, you must make allowances for the rough old lurcher.

Suddenly we heard the frantic barking of the lurcher from the yard.

He gripped his lurcher's collar and stood still for nearly ten minutes.

The old-time poachers in England used to do it with their lurcher dogs.

The hands of the other lurcher flew to the newcomer's pockets.