Cur
A fawning, mean-spirited fellow, a crop-tailed dog (Latin,
curtus, crop-tailed. French, court; our curt).
According to forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of
the chase was obliged to cut off the tail of his dog. Hence, a
degenerate dog or man is called a cur.
What would you have, you curs,
That like nor peace nor war?
Shakespeare: Coriolanus, i. 1.
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