cur
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“The black mouth cur is the best dog out there,” said Payne.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2018
Young women would boast about being chatted up by the old cur at the local deli.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2016
Our Hei-Hei — a Pekingese cross, we believe — looks quite the cur in such well-bred circles.
From Time ● Jun. 15, 2016
An indignant Whitlam branded Fraser "Kerr's cur," and urged voters to "maintain the rage" at the ballot box.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2015
“You little cur, what have you done to Toddy?”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
But it’s not the dirty-looking curs that run, snarl, bark and gnash their teeth behind fences when a visitor approaches that one needs to fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
“As a rule, they’re cowardly curs, anyway. Keep your eye right on them, that’s all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
He has 20 dogs, black mouth curs, and uses three to four dogs in his performance.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2018
Several described visions of dog hair in their coffee, mud tracked everywhere by uncontrollable curs, and streams of drool whipped into the air and on to plates by the excited swivel of a dog’s head.
From The Guardian ● May 15, 2015
"I don't take orders from curs and villains."
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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