Noun
A mongrel or inferior dog.
A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. Quintus Curtius Rufus
A mastiff dog May love a puppy cur for no more reason Than that the twain have been tied up together. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Remember the Italian steward who put on women's clothes and so filched a seat in a lifeboat? "A cur in human shape, certainly he was born and saved to set a new standard by which to judge infamy and shame. William S. Burroughs
A barking cur does not bite. Italian Proverb
A cursed cur should be short tied. Danish Proverb
A biting cur wears a torn skin. Latin Proverb