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Webster 1913 Edition
Mongrel
Mon′grel
,Noun.
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.
Drayton.
Mon′grel
,Adj.
1.
(Zool.)
Not of a pure breed.
2.
Of mixed kinds;
as,
. mongrel
languageWebster 1828 Edition
Mongrel
MONGREL
,Adj.
MONGREL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mongrel
mongrel
English
Noun
mongrel (plural mongrels)
- (often pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially, a dog that is such.
- That dog is a mongrel, who knows what breed it could be!
- (slang, Australia) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
- This poor mongrel's sitting in a bar, you see... (Maurie Fields)
- 2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77,
- "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
Synonyms
- (someone of mixed kind): bitsa, bitser or bitzer (UK, Australia), cur, mutt
- (contemptible or pitiable person): bastard
Related terms
Hyponyms
- moggy (of a cat)
Translations
someone of mixed kind
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