cur
A contemptible or inferior dogA contemptible or inferior dog.
» You're a silly scaremonger, spreading a yarn like this, and a cur to boot for deserting your partner!
Значення
значень: 3(застаріле, жартівливе)A contemptible or inferior dog.
Köter
дворнягаdvornjaga, ша́вкаšávka
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
(застаріле, жартівливе)A detestable person.
Köter
ша́вкаšávka
a cowardly or contemptible person
(архаїчне, діалектне)A sheepdog or watchdog.
Приклади
речень: 1You're a silly scaremonger, spreading a yarn like this, and a cur to boot for deserting your partner!
Переклади
мов: 6Походження
From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of MiddlFrom Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse kurr (“grumbling”), itself of imitative origin.
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