mongrel
noun
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
mongrelism
-
a word derived from
mongrel.
Example Sentences
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Care should be exercised to procure them genuine, since there is no breed of fowls more disfigured by mongrelism than this.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
He was of the bull-terrier variety, coarsened through much mongrelism and a dubious and varied ancestry.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
