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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cur \Cur\ (k[^u]r), n. [OE. curre, kur; cf dial. Sw kurre dog,
OD korre watchdog, and Icel. kurra to murmur, grumble, Sw
kurra to rumble, croak, Dan. kurre to coo, whirr; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. A mongrel or inferior dog.
They . . . like to village curs, Bark when their
fellows do -- Shak.
2. A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.
What would you have you curs, That like nor peace
nor war? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cur
adj : of inferior or mixed breed; "a cur dog"; "an underbred dog"
[syn: {cur(a)}, {mixed}, {mongrel(a)}, {scrub(a)}, {underbred}]
n : an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: {mongrel}, {mutt}]
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