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cur

[kur] / kɜr /


NOUN
animal of mixed breed
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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

"At least this wee fella loves me," he simpered, nanoseconds before the cur sank its gnashers into the hand of the Souness-shunning sadsack.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2012

At once Gollum got up and began prancing about, like a whipped cur whose master has patted it.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Urchins hurl tin cans at each other in slum gutters, which they share with scavenging curs.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2013

"I don't take orders from curs and villains."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman


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