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Meanings of little cur in English

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Usage of little cur in English
1
Three street urchins were teasing and maltreating a rough coated, muddy little cur.
The Unwilling Vestal
2
I never liked the little cur, d-n him!
Richard Carvel — Volume 05
3
At the first blow he yelped as a little cur does when you tread upon its paw.
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
4
The little cur never again troubled him.
Stories of Animal Sagacity
5
His whole soul rose in arms against agreeing with that ill-bred little cur, and the rest of this job-lot.
Five Tales
6
Uncle Carey knew the little cur, and while Dinnie was shrieking for Satan, he was saying under his breath:
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
7
No one, who has not owned a big dog, can know how we hated this miserable, pampered little cur.
At Home with the Jardines
8
Dick knew that it was a Sioux war whoop, and that the mean, miserable little cur had done his work.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
9
That ill-bred little cur!
Five Tales
10
I'll bet these canyon walls never looked down on such a rotten little cur as you are in all their history.
The Enchanted Canyon
11
You're that hasty wi' a poor owd man. So he whimpered as he followed me like the little cur he was.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
12
Little cur, your master cheats like an old woman. D'Urbec stepped away from the blow.
The Oracle Glass
13
'Oh yes, a little cur that can yelp, so as to awake the master.'
Norse Tales and Sketches
14
You miserable little curs!
Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others / From "The Strange ...
15
"Why let the little cur stand in the way?" he said; "he counts for nothing."
Richard Carvel — Complete
16
"Why let the little cur stand in the way?"
Richard Carvel — Volume 05
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