Cur

n.

Heard in Tipperary and Waterford

A dog, a mongrel; an unpleasant person.

In use

Nothin but a cur, dats what ye are, a bleddy cur.

Posh English

You are nothing more than a mongrel, that is precisely what you are, a bloody mongrel.

Same phrase, other counties

  • BagelPerson from the countryside or of an agricultural persuasion. Most likely comes from a…
  • Dog roughUsed to describe someplace so bad only a dog would go there. To describe someone who…
  • I wouldn't give that to the dog!An expression indicating that food is of such poor quality one would not even offer it…
  • Keen dogA person who is crying or complaining loudly, likened to a howling dog.
  • Makin' a horsheen outta the dogWhat kids do to the family dog at home, by mounting him and shouting giddy up. Useful as…