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  • noun Plural form of cur.

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Examples

  • Mountain curs scent coyotes ahead, but their real value lies in their ability to decoy the predators into shooting range.

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • What makes mountain curs arguably the best decoy dogs is their intelligence, spine, and singular fixation on coyotes.

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • Guided Hunts For information on hunting coyotes with mountain curs, contact Will Ross at X-treme Outdoor Adventures (307-360-8309; xtremeoutdooradventures. com). —

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • No such question hovers over Sam and Susie, since both are mountain curs.

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • Another shot, another coyote; and then a third appeared, seeing and hearing only the mountain curs.

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • By "curs" she means those who rated her for burning her husband's manuscripts, but in justice to her, let it be borne in mind that she had received some letters that were quite unworthy of the writers.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • By "curs" she means those who rated her for burning her husband's manuscripts, but in justice to her, let it be borne in mind that she had received some letters that were quite unworthy of the writers.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • Thus a strange kind of curs'd necessity Brings down the sterling temper of his souly By base alloy to bear the current stamp Below called wisdom — sinks him into safety.

    Roll of a tennis ball, through the moral world, a ser. of contemplations, by a solitary ... John Stewart 1812

  • "'If you two fellows hadn't been the worst kind of curs,' a man said angrily, 'you would have hidden up as soon as you made out he was following you and shot him as he came along.'

    In the Heart of the Rockies 1867

  • It is a decision, a constant decision with each notion and note, that of all the connotations effected by the note — of all the variant notions of * dogs*, * mongrels*, * curs*, * hounds*, * pooches*, * mutts*, * canines* (and all their associated notions of attributes) — that only this * dogs* binds to/dɔɡz/.

    Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009

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