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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

An indignant Whitlam branded Fraser "Kerr's cur," and urged voters to "maintain the rage" at the ballot box.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2015

But the massive dog refused to heed his whimpering request until he crossed some invisible boundary beyond which the savage cur would not travel.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

"Awakening fear, the poet-mobs howl round / A chant of quarrelling curs on the burning-ground."

From The Guardian Jul. 27, 2012

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

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman




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