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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mongrel  \Mon"grel\,  n.  [Prob.  shortened  fr  mongrel,  and  akin  to 
  AS  mengan  to  mix,  and  E.  mingle.  See  {Mingle}.] 
  The  progeny  resulting  from  a  cross  between  two  breeds,  as  of 
  domestic  animals;  anything  of  mixed  breed.  --Drayton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mongrel  \Mon"grel\,  a. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Not  of  a  pure  breed. 
 
  2.  Of  mixed  kinds;  as  mongrel  language. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mongrel 
  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:  {cur},  {mutt}] 




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