Meaning of Lurcher | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
   obsolete
2. A glutton; a voracious eater
   obsolete
3. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
4. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

Equivalents

Examples

““Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.”

“Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh”

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