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Cur
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Yet you'll never doubt that this overgrown pixie is about as trustworthy as a rabid cur.
- Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur.
- Once the dog touched the metal surface, it yelped and“the little cur dog fell dead.
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Word Origin & History
cur
early 13c., curre, earlier kurdogge, probably from O.N. kurra or M.L.G. korren both echoic, both meaning "to growl."
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