Mongrel, subst. a dog of a mixed breed: “hounds and greyhounds, --s, spaniels, curs,” Mcb. III, 1, 93. “mastiff, greyhound, m. grim,” Lr. III, 6, 71 (Ff mongrel, grim; Qq mongrel, grim-hound). Term of reproach: “where's that m.?” Lr. I, 4, 53.
Adjectively: “son and heir of a m. bitch,” Lr. II, 2, 24. Twice applied to Ajax by Thersites: Troil. II, 1, 14. V, 4, 14 (perhaps on account of his father being a Greek and his mother a Trojan).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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