cur

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That would have settled it, though no one guessed that the cur was her husband," said Chivers hotly If you want it settled THAT WAY, there's still time," returned the other with a slight sneer.

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  1. noun A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel.
  2. noun A base or cowardly person.

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  1. Middle English curre, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English kur, curre; of Low German or Scandinavian origin: = Middle Dutch korre, a house-dog, watch-dog, = Swedish dial. kurre, a dog. Prob. so called from his growling; cf. Middle Dutch *korren, in comp. korrepot, equivalent to D. knorrepot (= Danish knurrepotte), a grumbler, snarler (cf. Middle Dutch, Dutch knorren = German knurren = Danish knurre, grumble, snarl), = Icelandic kurra, grumble, murmur, = Swedish kurra, croak, rumble, = Danish kurre, coo, whirr; cf. English dial. curr, cry as an owl, Scots curr, coo as a dove, purr as a cat, curdoo, curdow, curroo, coo as a dove, currie-wirrie, expressive of a noisy habitual growl. An imitative word: see curr, and cf. chirr, churr, hurr, whirr.
 

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