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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1567-1585, 1663
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Cur, n. Also: curr(e, kurre. [ME. cur(re, kurre, and cur-, kur-dogge (a 1225), of doubtful origin.] A cur. Also attrib. with dog, tyke. 1513 Doug. ix. Prol. 49.
The cur or mastys he haldis at smal availl a1568 Scott xxxiv. 105.
The bich the curtyk [M. curr doig] fannis a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxv. 23.
He … schawis him lyik the cur that bytis the man 1663 Lauderdale P. I. 175.
I care not three skips of a curre tyke what can be said or done against me
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