From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcurcur /kɜː $ kɜːr/ noun [countable] old-fashioned HBAan unfriendly dog, especially one that is a mix of several breeds
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cur• Maurice, a 250-pound brick, a killer, a cur, is deep in Bible studies down at Rudyard.• I.. Something one my last professor was showing his first signs of by cur grousing out people.• But what was the cur whose descendants burst into such variety?• The cur tumbled into the moat only to be rescued by the brave Señor Sanchez.From Longman Business DictionarycurcurFINANCE written abbreviation for currencyOrigin cur (1300-1400) cur-dog ((12-19 centuries)), from an unrecorded cur “to growl” 