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plural mongrels
(often derogatory) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog. quotations examples
America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.
2001 September 26, Anna Quindlen, “A Quilt of a Country”, in Newsweek
(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person. quotations
"Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77
But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.
2019 October 27, Natalie Wolfe, “Australia's worst serial killer's affairs with sisters-in-laws”, in New Zealand Herald
(slang, Australia) An erect penis; an erection.
comparative more mongrel, superlative most mongrel
Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel. examples