mongrel

After that, the party kicked him to the curb like an unwanted mongrel.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

The mongrel called Mona escaped from its pet carrier on the way to a plane, running off across the runway in Buenos Aires, pursued by three vans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

Bruce, "the rescue centre mongrel", sadly died from the tumour at the age of 12.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024

Take, for example, our mongrel Mitty, whose fondness for chasing sticks was obsessive.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2020

The dæmon was in the form of a big rough-coated mongrel, sitting behind Alice’s legs.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Mr. Wong peeled a kiwi and fed the better half of a sandwich to Little Knife, Little Black and Siu Mai, the three mongrels who live at the mill.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

But Fish and Wildlife did not police the domestic exchange of most captive-bred tigers until 2016, because they were considered mongrels with no conservation value.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2019

Then, in May 1982, Leo, I and our two mongrels, Mabel and Barbara, were invited to Longleat for the weekend.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019

Emily Mortimer’s character in “Lovely and Amazing” keeps adopting ragged mongrels, until finally one bites her in the face.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018

Our father’s room, formerly a servant’s, had a single window that looked out over an alley where mongrels fought.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García