Mongrel

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:16:08

Mon"grel (?), n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.]

The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.

Drayton.

 

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Mon"grel, a.

1. Zool.

Not of a pure breed.

2.

Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

 

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