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A lank, ugly cur, of unassignable breed, but unmistakably currish—a rank, unmitigated cur, with melancholy visage and moist eyes—returned the look.

As one well-fed dog is sure to be snarlish to a poorer brother—poor human nature—this currish principle is but too true when applied to us.

All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.

"The lives of all that faithful be, This good day, will I spare; But wo betide or kings or boors, That currish Christians are!"

O people currish, churlish as their seas— He rejoices he leaves them, never to return till “rocks shall turn to rivers.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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