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Word entry · 3 letters

cur

Best crossword clue

"Mongrel dog"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kɜː/Part of speech nounSorted cruStarts with CEnds with R3 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2U3R

Definitions

  1. 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!"

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Mongrel dog3 letters
02Worthless dog3 letters
03Mutt3 letters

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