Where does curdog come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

curdog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Archaic; Derogatory

noun

Archaic; Derogatory

noun

Archaic

"Coward, go with thy Caitive soul, thou Cur Dog."
"Thereto right well this Curdog by my coste (Meaning the Foxe) will serve, my sheepe to gather And drive to follow after their Belwether."

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

curdogs (plural)

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