currish
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a cur.
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curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.
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contemptible; base.
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Etymology
Origin of currish
First recorded in 1425–75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish 1
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"Of a dog; currish," is the definition which we get from Johnson,—quite correctly, and in accordance with its etymology.
From Thackeray by Anthony Trollope
Then the currish way in which he took his licking added to the sport.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Walter Paget
I miss animal life sadly in these parts: the dogs I see about the streets are few in number, and miserably currish specimens of their kind.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
At the manor-house steps he found at last sufficient grace to say: "It was a currish thing to do; will you forgive me, Ardea?"
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
He dreads his departure with a trembling, currish fear; and I should hardly be doing good to him were I to force him to depart in a frame of mind so poor and piteous.
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
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