And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. Oliver Goldsmith
You common cry of curs whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air, -I banish you. William Shakespeare
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone. Charles Churchill (satirist)
Two greyhounds were called a brace, three a leash, but two spaniels or harriers were called a couple. We have also a mute of hounds for a number, a kenel of raches, a litter of whelps, and a cowardice of curs. Joseph Strutt
Snapping curs never want sore ears. Italian Proverb