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cur1 definition

cur (kʉr)

noun

  1. a dog of mixed breed; mongrel
  2. a mean, contemptible person

Etymology: ME curre, earlier kurdogge, prob. < ON or MLowG, as in Swed dial. kurre, MLowG korre, dog: basic sense “snarling, growling” < ON kurra or MLowG korren, to growl

cur2 definition

cur

  1. currency
  2. current

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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