A dog: now always depreciative or contemptuous; a worthless, low-bred, or snappish dog. Formerly (and still sometimes dialectally) applied…

cur-dog n. in preceding senses. So cur-bitch, cur-fox, cur-tyke.

A dog with a curly tail; a low-bred dog, a cur. Also attributive.

A cur.

A cur.

(a) regional a dog that constantly follows its master or mistress, (hence) a hanger-on, a sycophant; (also) a dog of an inferior breed; †(b) the…

A dog, esp. a mongrel. Also occasionally mutt dog.

(a) an unpleasant or contemptible person; also spec. a newspaper reporter or an informant; (b) a contemptuous term for a dog; spec. in Australian and…

A flea-ridden or otherwise substandard animal, esp. a dog.