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mongrel

[muhng-gruhl, mong-] / ˈmʌŋ grəl, ˈmɒŋ- /
NOUN
animal of mixed background
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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 • Oct. 17, 2025

They have not yet missed Stuart Broad's bowling because of how few pacemen have been chosen on the tour, but they have missed his mongrel.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

Soviet scientists picked Laika, a stray mongrel found on the cold streets of Moscow.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2022

Whether it’s her notation of Archie’s blokish colloquialisms, Clara’s Anglo-Jamaican patois, the banter of two ancient Jamaican grouches or of second-generation Bengali teenagers, the mongrel texture of metropolitan life rises vividly from the page.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

The dæmon was in the form of a big rough-coated mongrel, sitting behind Alice’s legs.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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