pit bull

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[ pit bool ]

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noun

a stocky, muscular dog with a broad skull and a smooth coat, belonging to an informal category of purebred and mixed-breed dogs that includes the American Staffordshire terrier, the Staffordshire bull terrier, and sometimes the American bulldog or boxer.
Also called A·mer·i·can pit bull ter·rier. American Staffordshire terrier ( def ).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pit bull¹

First recorded in 1925–30; pit ¹( def ) (in the sense “enclosure for staging animal fights”) + bull(dog) ( def )

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Police said the owner of the mini poodle tried to intervene and was bitten by the pit bull as well.

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Video footage of the pit bull’s owner has been released.

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Police are urging the owner of a pit bull that fatally attacked a mini poodle Friday evening in Santa Monica near Main and Strand streets to come forward.

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The unidentified male owner of the leashed pit bull was seen speaking to the driver of a parked car when the pit bull bit the leashed poodle, according to Santa Monica police.

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Police said Christopher Dietrick, the owner of the mini poodle, tried to intervene and was bitten by the pit bull.

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pit boss pit bull terrier

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