A Dandie Dinmont terrier, a breed of small Scottish terrier, or a sheep past its prime breeding years (archaic).
Named after Dandie Dinmont, a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1815 novel 'Guy Mannering,' who owned terriers; the dog breed was subsequently named after the fictional character, immortalizing both the name and the breeding line.
The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is one of the few dog breeds named directly after a fictional character—Scott's novel created such a vivid picture of the terriers that real breeders in the Scottish Borders began formally breeding them, literally bringing a literary invention to life.
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