cur dog

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. a worthless dog; mongrel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cur dog¹

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

Example Sentences

The Civil War — oh, that stray cur dog of a war.

From Washington Times

But she had been whipped like a cur dog, and run off down a back road after things.

From Literature

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 Project Gutenberg

If the following paragraph, which appeared in the Cumberland Pacquet, in January, 1817, may be believed, there was at least one dog which would not incur the wrath of either parson or dog-whipper:—“Mr. William Wood of Asby, parish of Arlecdon, has a cur dog which for these four years past has regularly attended church, if within hearing of the bells; and what is more singular, the animal never misses going to his master’s seat whether any of the family attend or not.”

From Project Gutenberg

Cur Dog forgot those strange impulses which bade him kill the sheep, and only remembered that here was a rabbit which was lawful prey.

From Project Gutenberg