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
Though the vigilante, string-’em-up response to cattle rustling has faded into the sepia-toned past, livestock theft still carries the whiff of the low-down cur.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2011
“I realized what a cur I was to dream of such a thing, even if you had been willing.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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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