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kuri
/ ˈkuːrɪ /
noun
- Also calledgoorie a mongrel dog
- slang.an unpleasant or unpopular person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kuri1
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Example Sentences
It was a leave-taking of his favourite warrior; for the Ngati Kuri were fated to die to a man on the next land they trod.
One man only was, at the defeat of the Ngati Kuri, on Motiti, rescued to tell the tale.
They had left home in search of hiras and manis, and now were scheming to secure the Indarpuri Kuri as the wife of one of them.
This Indarpuri Kuri had given out, that whoever would go and come twelve kos seven times within an hour should be her husband.
This Kuri was a younger sister of the other, and she gave a like blessing to Lelha before he released her horse.
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