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Synonyms for mongrel

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhng-gruhl, mong-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌŋ grəl, ˈmɒŋ-

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Définition of mongrel

Origin :
  • late 15c., "mixed-breed dog," from obsolete mong "mixture," from Old English gemong "mingling" (base of among), from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together" (see mingle). With pejorative suffix -rel. Meaning "person not of pure race" is from 1540s. As an adjective from 1570s.
  • noun animal of mixed background
Example sentences :
  • I have my eye on a mongrel in Somerstown who keeps three boys.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • These mongrel people will fight for their women when they will fight for nothing else.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • They are not so band-boxy as they were, but remind me of an old, mongrel dog I once owned.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • You have only to stand up to them, and they curl up like mongrel curs.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Fertility of Varieties when crossed, and of their Mongrel offspring.
  • Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin
  • A mongrel and anomalous species like the German Meerkatzen—monkey-cats.
  • Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams
  • The mongrel dog that bites the hand that feeds it is your superior.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • You can't be a little American mongrel any more; not until I'm dead, anyway.
  • Extract from : « Four Days » by Hetty Hemenway
  • The home has a mongrel dog which is called Prince, and all the family love it.
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • On the gravel in front of the house lay the mongrel Bob, blinking lazily.
  • Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse

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