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

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

One of his eyes was green, one was black, and both were coolr "I was-speaking to the king, not to his cur."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin