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Cross-bred dog
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lurcher
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Word definitions for lurcher in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lurcher \Lurch"er\ (l[^u]rch"[eil]r), n. [See Lurch to lurk.] One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a poacher. (Zo["o]l.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher. 2 A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses. Etymology 2 ...
Usage examples of lurcher.
Sixty or seventy of them, large and small, smooth and shaggy--deer-hound, boar-hound, blood-hound, wolf-hound, mastiff, alaun, talbot, lurcher, terrier, spaniel--snapping, yelling and whining, with score of lolling tongues and waving tails, came surging down the narrow lane which leads from the Twynham kennels to the bank of Avon.
There is little doubt that they are the descendants of the dogs which the ancients called lurchers, crossed, perhaps, with the greyhound, and possibly other breeds.
The wagon had been moved from the outer to the inner circle, and a half-dozen fierce lurchers had been tied about it to keep away intruders.