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mongrel

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mon·grel  (mnggrl, mng-)
n.
1. An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
2. A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.
adj.
Of mixed origin or character.

[Middle English, probably from mong, mixture, from Old English gemang; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]

mon·grelism n.
mongrel·ly adv.

mongrel
Noun
1. a dog of mixed breeding
2. something made up of things from a variety of sources: despite using components from three other cars, this new model is no mongrel
Adjective
of mixed breeding or origin: a mongrel race [from obsolete mong mixture]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mongrelmongrel - derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"
variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
2.mongrelmongrel - an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"
feist, fice - a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
pariah dog, pie-dog, pye-dog - ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India

mongrel
noun 1. hybrid, cross, half-breed, crossbreed, mixed breed, bigener Biology
adjective 2. half-breed, hybrid, crossbred, of mixed breed
Translations
mongrel [ˈmʌŋgrəl] n (dog) → perro cruzado

mongrel [ˈmʌŋgrəl] n (= dog) → bâtard m

mongrel [ˈmʌŋgrəl] nPromenadenmischung f

mongrel [ˈmʌŋgrəl] n (dog) → cane m bastardo

mongrel
n / adj mongrel [ˈmaŋgrəl]
(an animal, especially a dog) bred from different types. الهَجين blanding der Mischling μπάσταρδο, μη καθαρόαιμο (για ζώο) mestizo segavereline sekarotuinen bâtard korcs anjing kampung kynblendingur, bastarður bastardo, incrocio 雑種(の) 잡종(개); 잡종의 mišrūnas jauktenis bastaard- kjøter, bastard kundel rafeiro corcitură помесь kríženec mešanec blandras, byracka melez köpek (狗等)雜種(的) ,


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Since mongrel dogs were cheap, it was cheaper to replace them when they died than so to care for them as to keep them from dying.
A shaggy little damaged man, withal, not unlike an old dog of some mongrel breed, who has been considerably knocked about.
Any mongrel could smell those with a cold in the head.
 
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