Mongrel
Mongrel adjective - Being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera.
Usage example: a mongrel dog
Purebred
Purebred adjective - Of unmixed ancestry.
Usage example: that horse is a purebred Arabian
Both words in one sentence
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We first see him sleeping in a junkyard, plugging a draft in the fence with his handkerchief, and trying to steal himself breakfast, and escaping the cop who catches him doing it.Scrappy is a purebred mongrel.
Source: Film / A Dog's Life
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Purebred and Mongrel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mongrel/purebred
Mongrel & Purebred. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mongrel/purebred>.
Purebred or Mongrel. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mongrel/purebred.
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