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mongrel

[muhng-gruhl, mong-] / ˈmʌŋ grəl, ˈmɒŋ- /
NOUN
animal of mixed background
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As music “that transcended enmities to forge a connection between all the people born of this land,” Vargas Llosa writes, channeling Toño’s enthusiasm, the vals is the exemplary art form of a “mongrel nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

After that, the party kicked him to the curb like an unwanted mongrel.

From Salon

The mongrel called Mona escaped from its pet carrier on the way to a plane, running off across the runway in Buenos Aires, pursued by three vans.

From Barron's

England will need their inner mongrel in Australia, Stokes included.

From BBC

Bruce, "the rescue centre mongrel", sadly died from the tumour at the age of 12.

From BBC