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(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog. / (dated or humorous) A detestable person.

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cur

Source Word

cur

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɜː/

Noun

(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog. / (dated or humorous) A detestable person.

Japanese Meaning

（時代的またはユーモラスなニュアンスで）卑劣な、または劣った犬 / （時代的またはユーモラスなニュアンスで）嫌悪すべき、軽蔑すべき人物

He treated the stray as nothing more than a cur and shooed it away.

彼はその野良犬をただの卑しい犬だと扱い、追い払った。

Sense（1）

(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell

Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;

Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,

Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.

Sense（2）

(dated or humorous) A detestable person.

This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.

curs

（ plural ）