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scraggly

[skrag-lee] / ˈskræg li /


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A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

A scraggly crust punk wore a jacket patched with an upside-down American flag.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025

But he’s drawn to the one real tree — a humble, scraggly little thing — inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Fir Tree.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

The Vietnamese people smuggler emerged, briefly and hesitantly, from the shadows of a scraggly forest close to the northern French coastline.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

From the waist up he looks like a regular middle-aged guy with curly brown hair and a scraggly beard.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan



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