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What is a mongrel?

What is a mongrel? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially, a dog that is such.
  2. (slang, Australia) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
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The only animal life that he encountered on the island were a small mongrel dog and a female pig that was a bit thin from lack of food.
This was a mongrel breed incorporating strains of Labrador, Greyhound, anything that could advance the genes of endurance and pulling power.
He tossed his apple core to a grey mongrel dog that had been trailing him though he doubted very much that it would be appreciated.
He walks his dog Jenny, an 11-year-old mongrel, past the river every day and saw the Environment Agency experts inspecting the dead fish.
One of the more unusual recruits to the unit was Tramp, a mongrel dog found starving and very ill in a puddle under the yacht.
If mongrel species represent genetic novelty and are stabilizing components of their ecosystems, are they not worth saving?

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