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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cur /kəː/

▶noun

1 an aggressive dog, especially a mongrel.

2 informal a despicable man.

– origin ME: prob. orig. in cur-dog, perh. from ON kurr ‘grumbling’.

'cur' also found in these Oxford entries:

currish - feisty

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