scragginess
- a word derived from scraggy.
Example Sentences
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In the process he often produced a curious scragginess.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, Sandoz, compassionating the scragginess of the girl, whom he kept watching, judged her in one sentence.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
For the first month, as one always does in Devon, she had walked herself to the verge of scragginess, then had gradually put on weight, as is the correct method.
From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan
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 M'Combie, William
He seemed to be encircled by swelling forms and sleek, fat faces, which ever and ever protested against his own martyrlike scragginess and sallow, discontented visage.
From The Fat and the Thin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
