- a variation of mangy.
mangey
Americanadjective
adjective
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From the miserable mangey appearance of this animal I conjectured that it had belonged to the natives who were probably skulking about us, and who are very much attached to their dogs.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas
The very stuffed beasts, perched above old Dicky's shop, had got to look real mangey and mouldy.
From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew
The chairs were piled with soft blue chiffons, dainty white under-garments, and plumed hats and mangey furs.
From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Sharp, Annabel
Well, we had six or seven mangey harriers and beagles belonging to the house, I'll allow, and had had them for years, and that the Doctor put them down.
From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas
You probably been currying that mangey old horse of yours before you went to milking," Hetty snorted, "and tasted his cancerous old hide on your fingers.
From Make Mine Homogenized by Freas, Kelly
Instead, it embraced something mangier and more tethered to general youth culture.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
And after that to be ready, al mangier ou al revele; i.e., to eat or to revel, according to the ordinance of the master and wardens of the fraternity.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Hunters with the highest kill count, the mangiest kill or the largest or smallest take home cash, belt buckles, hunting gear or other prizes.
From US News ● Jan. 22, 2016
Orange-robed Buddhist monks contemplate under bougainvillaea and tamarind trees, watched by some of the mangiest dogs west of El Paso.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ill-shaven and semicomatose, Belushi plays the mangiest animal of them all.
From Time Magazine Archive
This she opened with the tears streaming down her face, and out there waddled the fattest, ugliest and mangiest little pug dog that I have ever seen.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan
“Oh,—a fur coat!” cried Peggy, “why, mine—mine has just the mangiest bit of a fur collar, and I’ve been proud enough of that—wait, just wait till I get a wonderful young caracal!”
From Peggy Parsons at Prep School by Sharp, Annabel
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