mangey

[ meyn-jee ]
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adjective,man·gi·er, man·gi·est.
  1. a less common variant of mangy.

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How to use mangey in a sentence

  • (To the porter) Thou mangey dromedary, the gods shall punish thee for this envious wickedness.

    Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw
  • Of course, the mangey creature—ceasing the while from its perennial self-scratching—will hoot something derogatory.

    Pickwickian Studies | Percy Fitzgerald
  • It was one of those little one-ring affairs, you know, with a mangey camel, and a moth-eaten lion and a troop of trained dogs.

    Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for mangey

mangey

/ (ˈmeɪndʒɪ) /


adjective-gier or -giest
  1. a variant spelling of mangy

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