runty
Americanadjective
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Runty, it seems, can stand the whole crummy mess so long as he can remain aloof from the environment he despises and, ultimately, from himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Runty 19-year-old Angelo has an idiot sister, a slatternly mother, a dreary job as a druggist's assistant, and no hopes.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘You’re the god of music, right? Would you listen to a song called “Apollo Smites a Runty Little Demigod”?
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Three such smilin' faces as yours turned right up at him would produce a shadder, Runty.
From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry
Mr. Scollop sprang from his chair and ran upstairs in frantic haste to give directions for rendering the exhibition-room as commodious as possible, leaving Runty and his fellow-committeemen in quite a state of mind.
From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry
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