curdog

English

Etymology

From Middle English cur-dogge, kurdogge, curredogge, equivalent to cur +‎ dog.

Noun

curdog (plural curdogs)

  1. A cur; a worthless dog.
    • 1591, Edmund Spenser, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5‎:
      Thereto right well this curdog, by my coste, (Meaning the Foxe,) will serve my sheepe to gather, And drive to follow after their belwether."

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