mauger
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of mauger
from Du. mager thin, meagre
Example Sentences
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But she looked real mauger, and I sez: "You look kinder beat out, Jane Olive, hain't you well?"
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta
Nature says, He is my creature, and mauger all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.
From Initial Studies in American Letters by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
Wall," she said, "that it wuz such tryin' work for the eyes, she wouldn't leave it for nothin' till she got back, for she mistrusted that she should feel kind o' mauger and wore out.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
Jenette looked kinder mauger, and Trueman's wife looked haughtily at her, from over the top of the him book.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4 by Holley, Marietta
It was Mitchell House still, mauger the McClintock millions and a half-century of possession.
From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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