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curs

curs is the plural of cur.

Meaning of cur

Noun

cur (plural curs)

  1. (dated, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.
    • A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
      Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
      Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
  2. (dated, humorous) A detestable person.
    • This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
  3. (archaic, dialectal) A sheepdog or watchdog.
    • Then send our Curs to gather up the Sheep1710, Ambrose Phillips, Pastorals, The Fourth Pastoral , line 119

Questions about curs

What is curs the plural of?
Curs is the plural of cur.

Words near curs in the dictionary

  1. currymunchers
  2. currywhore
  3. currywhores
  4. currywurst
  5. currywursts
  6. curs
  7. Cursa
  8. cursable
  9. Curschmann's spirals
  10. Curschmann-Steinert disease
  11. curse

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