An underbred dog. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As a class she found them overdressed and underbred. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
The coarse readiness to accept publicity which distinguishes the underbred woman, whether in England or. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
It was, of course, only a bad, underbred habit that showed bad education and a false idea of good manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
The second is also a large, square-headed dog, but shaggy, more like a great underbred spaniel than anything else. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Such a set of 'gigs,' my dear, I never saw in my life; large underbred horses, and not a good-looking man amongst them. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
Thus Gaius Marius had learned Greek with a twang to it that branded him improperly taught — as a common, underbred sort of fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
'I have known you always for an impudent and underbred young cub; but you go by way of pretending to be a gentleman, and I have my punishment in store for you. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
The wood thrush has none of these underbred traits. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs] Reference
But his manners -- I never saw anything so underbred. From Wordnik.com. [Vixen, Volume I.] Reference
It was, somehow, so underbred to owe money to all sorts of people. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
Heaven's name, after reminding the man of the perfidy of that underbred. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
It is the most underbred swine I ever saw; but I did not know it was so ravenous. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
This was what came of allowing oneself to become familiar with an underbred stranger!. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in love and in terror] Reference
Although she did not show it, she must have thought him a bumpkin, an oaf, an underbred cur. From Wordnik.com. ['Me--Smith'] Reference
If the girl had been awkward or underbred, she could have taken her in hand with a good grace. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls at Mount Morris] Reference
But a few spoke loudly and volubly, and were regarded by the rest, who envied them, as underbred. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Of course, any well-bred horse wouldn't let a common, underbred person like Dan stay on his back!. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
His music always seems to me to be so provincial and gentlemanly and underbred as to remind one of. From Wordnik.com. [Nights in London] Reference
With the embarrassment of an underbred man, Miguel tried to appear unconcerned, but failed dismally. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Mine] Reference
The shifting of control out of the hands of the gentleman into those of the underbred common man, 251. From Wordnik.com. [An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation] Reference
None of the fuss and adulation to which she was grown accustomed; no underbred compliments; no ambiguous glances from men. From Wordnik.com. [The Whirlpool] Reference
There was a man who thought himself too good for his business, and in reality was nothing but an underbred, impertinent creature. From Wordnik.com. [Will Warburton] Reference
There is a sort of underbred history going about, according to which women in the past have always been in the position of slaves. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in America] Reference
I can talk to one of my father's labourers with pleasure, while with a man like that underbred fop I am all over thorns and nettles. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
Her mixture, as it spread itself before him, was an appeal and a challenge: she was sensitive and dense, she was underbred and fine. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Muse] Reference
The "quality" used visiting-cards; but it would have been considered underbred and pretentious to sow them around in the modern manner. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl of Long Ago] Reference
You have only learned external facts about the Jocelyns, and out of your prejudices have created a family of underbred people that does not exist. From Wordnik.com. [Without a Home] Reference
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