mongrels

Noun

mongrel (plural mongrels)

1. (derogatory, often) A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds.
   • That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!

   Synonyms:

   bitsa, bitser, bitzer, cur, mutt, tyke, Heinz 57

2. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, often, slur) A person of mixed race.
   • The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 456
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
   • "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!"2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77

   Synonyms:

   bastard

4. (Australia, slang) An erect penis; an erection.

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