mauger
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of mauger
from Du. mager thin, meagre
Example Sentences
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He loved and followed, that his health gin out after a time—he felt weak and mauger.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 5 by Marietta Holley
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 Marietta Holley
And though Jenette wuzn't the one to say anything, she begun to look kinder pale and mauger.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4 by Marietta Holley
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 Marietta Holley
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 Baron C. de Grimm
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