mauger

/ (ˈmɔːɡə) /

adjective

Caribbean (of persons or animals) thin or lean

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Word Origin for mauger

from Du. mager thin, meagre

Words nearby mauger

mauby, Mauchly, maud, maudlin, Maudslay, mauger, Maugham, maugre, Maui, mauka, maul

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Example sentences from the Web for mauger

He recognized her, and ran and caught her and swung her around before him and besought her to keep Mauger and his knife away.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
Silva had a knife; and Mauger had felt it, on the deck above.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
Mauger, the one-eyed man, had an increasing hold on the imagination of Noll Wing.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
Dan'l Tobey knew how to handle Mauger; and he kept the little man in a continual ferment of helpless anger.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams

Mauger, however, states that "many thousand" copies of his grammar were drawn at every edition.
The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times|Kathleen Lambley

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