scraggy
adjective
lean or thin; scrawny.
scragginess
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a word derived from
scraggy.
Example Sentences
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In the process he often produced a curious scragginess.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the scragginess did not injure their health, and as the grass grew, and the hunting improved, the meat began to come once more upon their bones.
From Dusty Star by Olaf Baker
Where do all the scraggy, bad-fleshed beasts come from that we see daily in our fat markets, and what is the cause of their scragginess?
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
The muscles had thickened over his chest and arms; his neck was losing the long scragginess of youth; his fingers were firm-jointed in his broadening hands.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
She had been excessively pretty, but had rather lost her looks after a bad illness, and her worst affliction was now a tendency to scragginess, cleverly concealed where the chest was no longer visible.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed
