cur
/kɜːr/
noun
- An aggressive or unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel.
- A stray cur followed the children home from the park.
- The old cur growled at anyone who came near the gate.
- The farmer shooed away the cur that was bothering the sheep.
- A contemptible or cowardly person.
- Only a cur would abandon his friends in a time of need.
- The villain in the story was a lying cur who cheated everyone.
- He called the dishonest politician a cur for taking bribes.
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