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mangey

[meyn-jee]
adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.
  1. mangy.
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mangy

or man·gey

[meyn-jee]
adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.
  1. having, caused by, or like the mange.
  2. contemptible; mean: a mangy trick.
  3. squalid; shabby: a mangy little suburb.
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Origin of mangy

First recorded in 1520–30; mange + -y1
Related formsman·gi·ly, adverbman·gi·ness, noun
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Examples from the Web for mangey

Historical Examples

  • 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

  • Of course, the mangey creature—ceasing the while from its perennial self-scratching—will hoot something derogatory.

    Pickwickian Studies

    Percy Fitzgerald

British Dictionary definitions for mangey

mangey

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

mangey

adjective -gier or -giest
  1. having or caused by mangea mangy dog
  2. scruffy or shabbya mangy carpet
  3. Irish informal stingy or miserlya mangy reward
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Derived Formsmangily, adverbmanginess, noun
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Word Origin and History for mangey

mangy

adj.

by 1745, from mange + -y (2).

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