Matthew 15:27

Even the dogs (kai ta kunaria). She took no offence at the implication of being a Gentile dog. The rather she with quick wit took Christ's very word for little dogs (kunaria) and deftly turned it to her own advantage, for the little dogs eat of the crumbs (psiciwn, little morsels, diminutive again) that fall from the table of their masters (kuriwn), the children.