cur dog

American  

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. a worthless dog; mongrel.

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Etymology

Origin of cur dog

1200–50; Middle English cur dogge; see curr, dog

Example Sentences

Fluff-Button skipped round, and it was well that he did so, for there, not five yards away, stood Magragh's yellow cur dog with his tongue lolling out, and his wicked eyes on the sheep.

From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.

If after all it turned out that he had shot a cur dog belonging to that terrible poacher and one-time logger Baylay, it was going to make them a tremendous amount of trouble.

From Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds by Boone, Silas K.

She's kind enough, but so's she kind to any cur dog that comes along.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

The two who were left, Jacky and Nancy, went to their father, and took with them a cur dog that had long shared their frugal meals.

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

Mother, I wouldn't part with a cur dog out of the place to please Lord Cashel.

From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Trollope, Anthony