Definitions
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
Word origin
From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse kurr (“grumbling”), itself of imitative origin.
Used in a sentence
“A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,”
“you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.”
“He threw the soapsuds skilfully over a wretched little yellow cur he had, then turning his face to the agent's house, he shouted from the distance, "All the men gone last night!"”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Mongrel dog”3 letters
02“Worthless dog”3 letters
03“Mutt”3 letters
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