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

Even a worthless and Olympics-denying cur such as me has been captivated by some of the feats of the last fortnight.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2012

They were big fierce cur dogs that the settlers used for catching hogs and driving cattle and fighting coons out of the cornfields.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson