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lurcher

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English

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Etymology 1

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From lurch +‎ -er. See lurch (to lurk, lie in wait).

Noun

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lurcher (plural lurchers)

  1. (obsolete) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
  2. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
    • 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times[1]:
      “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.
  3. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

Etymology 2

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From Latin lurco, lurcho (a glutton). See lurch.

Noun

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lurcher (plural lurchers)

  1. (obsolete) A glutton; a voracious eater
    • 1591, John Lyly, Endymion:
      Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh

References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English lurcher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lurcher

  1. lurcher (dog)

Declension

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Inflection of lurcher (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative lurcher lurcherit
genitive lurcherin lurcherien
lurchereiden
lurchereitten
partitive lurcheria lurchereita
lurchereja
illative lurcheriin lurchereihin
singular plural
nominative lurcher lurcherit
accusative nom. lurcher lurcherit
gen. lurcherin
genitive lurcherin lurcherien
lurchereiden
lurchereitten
partitive lurcheria lurchereita
lurchereja
inessive lurcherissa lurchereissa
elative lurcherista lurchereista
illative lurcheriin lurchereihin
adessive lurcherilla lurchereilla
ablative lurcherilta lurchereilta
allative lurcherille lurchereille
essive lurcherina lurchereina
translative lurcheriksi lurchereiksi
abessive lurcheritta lurchereitta
instructive lurcherein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lurcher (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Latin

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Verb

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lurcher

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lurchō