Lurchers

It has to be said that the lurchers were the best behaved of the lot, though I fear for their street cred if seen in the fields around here wearing those brightly coloured beaded and embroidered designer collars. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the dogs called lurchers nowadays are mostly of degenerate and impure breed; still, even these are capable of a good deal. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

There is little doubt that they are the descendants of the dogs which the ancients called lurchers, crossed, perhaps, with the greyhound, and possibly other breeds. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

The officers located near them were willing to purchase their petty farms: thus the small holdings were bought up, [166] and the estates of the greater landholders were cleared of "lurchers," who preyed on their flocks. [ ❋ John West (1840)

And to wonder to whom those lurchers, which seem to come daily into the land at the back of the Jowell-Mills farm and clean out all those lovely fluffy bunnies, actually belong. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Generally speaking, our zombies so far seem to be lurchers, dead-eyed and flesh-hungry travelers who can't crank their speeds up much above 1 mph. ❋ Jen Chaney (2010)

What with the lurchers and all, that would be one noisy hammock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Law was perfectly adequate before the Hunting Act 2005 to prosecute didicoy poachers coursing their lurchers on private land and in this regard the new Act is quite otiose. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is (after all) a book to write, a kitchen to dig out from under the breakfast dishes, lurchers to walk, a couple of horses (not mine) to ride. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are what was known where The Huntsman was brought up as 'didicoys' who simply enter at will onto other people's land and poach rabbits and hares with lurchers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And a year or so later I turn up with a romance featuring a female heroine and a lot of lurchers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Good luck. on September 27, 2006 at 6: 05 pm | Reply Joker just to show the lurchers are rooting for you … bona vacantia: for inspector gadget on September 27, 2006 at 6: 07 pm | Reply Cheesepuff ❋ Inspector Gadget (2006)

But sadly he was caught and scragged to death by Chris Paul's two lurchers on his way across College Green. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thought that might be Teddy - was thinking of her while reading Gazehounds and Coursing yesterday - there's a passage about earthdogs and lurchers that fits her like a glove. ❋ Unknown (2007)