adjective
Etymology
Origin of snaggy
Example Sentences
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It was carried through the dense, snaggy brush of the forest until the woods intersected a trail.
From New York Times • May 21, 2012
A troupe of actors in snaggy bear costumes and moose outfits frolics through a wilderness of papier-mache rocks and trees painted on screens, while a chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Approaching the spot I found a small iron grating in the sidewalk, and between the bars two little boot heels, riven from their kindred soles, and unsightly with snaggy nails.
From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose
He got my finger, through the glove, with his snaggy, chalk-hued mandibles, while he made a thin hissing noise.
From Stamped Caution by Gallun, Raymond Z.
Ah, just you be bad as I have been, Saul, my lad, and perhaps you’ll be snaggy and sneery.
From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville
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