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cur
1[ kur ]
noun
- a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- a mean, cowardly person.
Synonyms: heel, cad, blackguard
cur.
2abbreviation for
- currency.
- current.
cur
/ kɜː /
noun
- any vicious dog, esp a mongrel
- a despicable or cowardly person
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Other Words From
- curlike adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cur1
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Example Sentences
Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.
He never resented alleged satire—perhaps he couldn't see it—and therefore he got the name of being a cur.
Within this deep shadow, Virtue is slaughtered and Genius treated like an unwelcome cur.
"I guess that's the best rabbit dog anywhere around here," he said, as a flea-bitten cur trotted past.
Red Ben went back on us, may the fiends take the redskin cur!
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