shihpoo
See also: shih-poo
English
Alternative forms
- shih-poo
Etymology
Blend of shih tzu + poodle.
Noun
shihpoo (plural shihpoos)
- A dog that is a cross between a Shih Tzu and miniature poodle.
- 2007, Earl Mindell; Elizabeth Renaghan, Dr. Earl Mindell’s Nutrition and Health for Dogs, Basic Health Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 117:
- Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend. There is the goldendoodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, schnoodle, shihpoo, and the puggle, a mix of a pug and a beagle.
- 2009, Lisa Scottoline, Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, Thorndike Press, Gale, published 2010, →ISBN, page 33:
- I have four dogs, yet I compare prices of shihpoos, whatever that is.
- 2019 December 15, “Furry friends list off their Christmas wishes at Santa Paws”, in Santa Maria Times, volume 138, number 204, page A3:
- Santa Claus, aka Genete Bowen, lwaits[sic] while elf Cindy Hardy gets Ellie, a shihpoo, ready to pose during the Santa Paws fundraiser Saturday for the Central Coast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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