(Brit.)a cross-bred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits (英)杂交猎狗
(archaic)a prowler, swindler, or petty thief (古)小偷,扒手;骗子
语源
early 16th cent. (in sense 2): from obsolete lurch 'remain in a place furtively', variant of lurk