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scraggy

[skrag-ee] / ˈskræg i /






















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Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures of tall, elegantly scraggy humans loom large in people’s minds.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2022

Unaccountably angry and smug, the scraggy Smithers is Brutus’s cynical, conniving cohort.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

Trim the chicken thighs of scraggy bits of skin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2016

Back on the beach, Maria Dolores is cutting a piece of ham to offer to the couple of scraggy dogs, which are skulking under the picnic table.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2013

I watched him swing his scraggy leg in a sweeping arc, watched his whole body tilt impossibly to the right every time he planted that foot.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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