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mongrel

[muhng-gruhl, mong-] / ˈmʌŋ grəl, ˈmɒŋ- /
NOUN
animal of mixed background
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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

England will need their inner mongrel in Australia, Stokes included.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

“Like many of us, I’m a mongrel, a hybrid, made up of many things,” she writes in the title essay.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2020

Even he could not always make sense of the mongrel Ghiscari tongue the slavers spoke, especially when they were speaking fast.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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