Definition of Mongril

Definition of Mongril

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.

Mon"grel, a. 1. (Zoöl.) Not of a pure breed.

2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MONGREL. A hanger on among cheats, a spunger; also a
child whose father and mother are of different countries.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

being of mixed kind or uncertain origin
That dog is a mongrel, who knows what breed it could be!

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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