"mongrels" in the noun sense
1. bastard, mongrel
derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
"the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"
2. cur, mongrel, mutt
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
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