scrag
Example Sentences
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After all, eggs hatched at 40 plus, like mine, represent the scrag end of the market.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2014
The expressionist body is a scrag of mutton with big extremities, very unlike the prosperous Renaissance nudes that, however mutated, survived in Picasso and Matisse.
From Time Magazine Archive
No wan iver seed a scrag of her after that.
From Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
He proceeded, therefore, to give his worthy spouse some initiatory instructions in the art of jointing a scrag of mutton, cutting out a pluck, or chinning a whole sheep upon an occasion.
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by Bedford, F. D.
Ingredients—1 lb. of scrag end of neck of mutton.2 pints of water.1 tablespoonful of rice.Salt to taste.
From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary
