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

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Not of a pure breed.

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Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

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An animal, especially a dog, of mixed breed

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derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"

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an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

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a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed

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a mixed dog that resembles no recognizable breed

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