cur dog
nounSouth Midland and Southern U.S.
a worthless dog; mongrel.
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cur dog bounded his own height into the air, his howl died into a sob—he rolled over twice and then lay still.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Havilandcur dog had won many a Sunday's coursing, and had something of the greyhound strain mingled with his terrier blood.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandThe slope was in cur dog's favour, for a rabbit never runs his best downhill.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandNeither did cur dog see or smell it as he tore down the ride, yelping on the trail with his nose to the ground.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandThis man had a large cur dog, who regularly every day brought him his dinner upwards of a mile.
Anecdotes of Dogs | Edward Jesse
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