mungrel

English

Noun

mungrel (plural mungrels)

1. Archaic form of mongrel.
   • 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:

     But if this twig be made of wood
     That will hold tack, I'll make the fur
     Fly 'bout the ears of that old cur;
     And th' other mungrel vermin, Ralph,
     That brav'd us all in his behalf.

References

• “mungrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.