scraggy
Americanadjective
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lean or scrawny
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rough; unkempt
Other Word Forms
- scraggily adverb
- scragginess noun
Etymology
Origin of scraggy
Example Sentences
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The soldiers call it a forest, though it's just a line of scraggy trees separating them from Russian positions.
From BBC
He said: "A scraggy dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I'd never been so glad to see the old girl. And I think she felt the same".
From BBC
Clambering up a scraggy path on a hill looking over the foggy city of Lima, Justina Flores is trying to figure out what she's going to cook today.
From BBC
Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures of tall, elegantly scraggy humans loom large in people’s minds.
From Seattle Times
“There are a lot of very old, scraggy toothbrushes out there.”
From The Guardian
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