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mongrel

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/Part of speech nounSorted eglmnorStarts with MEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

Word origin

From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).

Used in a sentence

  • That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
  • "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
  • But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.

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