cur dog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cur dog
Example Sentences
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"I was in there just now, and he's as surly as a cur dog yet."
From Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila by Charles King
Eventually he was brought out of his reverie when a cur dog belonging to one of the teamsters on the grading gang thrust a cold muzzle into his hand.
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
What’s the use of summoning a chap for sneaking about with a cur dog and a wire in his pocket?
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Richard Jefferies
If they're not fearing you, itself, the peelers in this place is decent droughty poor fellows, wouldn't touch a cur dog and not give warning in the dead of night.
From The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
Such a spot, and, indeed, any gateway, used to be a favourite place to set a net, and then drive the hares towards it with a cur dog that ran silent.
From The Amateur Poacher by Richard Jefferies
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