Actually we did see yesterday the footprints of a tiger in the sand by the river-pugs I think is the proper expression.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
Is it not there that the old ladies take their pugs for their constitutional walks, and is it not there that the young ladies play tennis with their gentleman acquaintances when they come home from the City on a Saturday afternoon?
"Muslin"
George Moore
"Like spaniels or pugs," growled Rolph, the latter being the more appropriate.
"The Star-Gazers"
George Manville Fenn