obychnye dvornyazhky

English translation: common mongrel dogs

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Russian term or phrase:obychnye dvornyazhky
English translation:common mongrel dogs

09:46 Nov 6, 2008
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry / dogs
Russian term or phrase: obychnye dvornyazhky
what breed of dog is this?
Peter Rowe
common mongrel dogs
Explanation:
i.e. dogs of NO breed
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Alexander Onishko
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4common mongrel dogs
Alexander Onishko
4common mutts
crainny
3take your pick
Oleksandr Yastremskyi


  

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common mongrel dogs


Explanation:
i.e. dogs of NO breed

Alexander Onishko
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take your pick


Explanation:
from the site below

also no breed dog


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-breed_dog
Oleksandr Yastremskyi
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Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of: Russian
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common mutts


Explanation:
mutt - is an non-descriptive mix of breeds
Harry Potter is being constantly called mutt-blood by his snobby "purebred" schoolmates.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2008-11-07 02:59:15 GMT)
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Correction, he was called "mudblood" :) My bad. But offer still stands on Mutts


    Reference: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mutt.htm
crainny
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Local time: 10:58
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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