cur
Example Sentences
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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
Then I strolled to the camp to relieve my neighbors of the inconvenience of my miserable cur.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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