lurcher in English

noun
1
a crossbred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits.
The date is also traditionally the first day of hunting meets and foxhounds, lurchers , greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting dogs will all be taken along to Higham.
2
a prowler, swindler, or petty thief.
In the following months, she went with Ye every afternoon after work to catch lurchers .
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1. Mine were always the breed of Norfolk lurcher, a cross between a Smithfield and a greyhound.

2. The Crofter who owned the lurcher dog lived a couple of miles off, so it was time for us to be on foot