cur
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
cur (plural curs)
- (dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 2, scene 4
- "you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do."
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 25
- "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you."
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 2, scene 4
- (dated or humorous) A detestable person.
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 1, scene 1
- This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 1, scene 1
- French: clébard, corniaud, roquet, clebs
- German: Köter
- Portuguese: vira-lata, rafeiro
- Russian: дворняга
- Spanish: chucho, quiltro (Chile)
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