mauger
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of mauger
from Du. mager thin, meagre
Example Sentences
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It was Mitchell House still, mauger the McClintock millions and a half-century of possession.
From Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Wall, the next mornin' I got up feelin' kinder mauger.
From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley
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 Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
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
The next day I felt pretty mauger and stayed in my room most of the time, though Josiah and the children sallied round considerable.
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley
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