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mongrel |
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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