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shaggy

[shag-ee] / ˈʃæg i /


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And one might even trace today’s would-be Rhaena Targaryens — and Daenerys emulators, we know you’re out there — to that shaggy flying dog.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

They can grow to the size of a medium dog and have shaggy black hair, making them look like large dust mops.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

It’s loose and playful, which would seem to be a plus, but it’s too shaggy and imprecise to land, and sometimes seems as if it were made up on the spot.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

The boy stood still, shaggy hair flying everywhere, and stared up at the towering, twisting tornado.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

But the movie’s frenetic opening stretch loosens into something shaggier when Steely Dan’s 1972 world-weary track “Dirty Work” comes in.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

Although Fredo, who was born in Estonia, bears some resemblance to an African leopard, Mr Mee said he is a "little taller with longer legs and a shaggier face".

From BBC Nov. 17, 2023

The final incarnation of Chewie was simultaneously shaggier and sleeker than seen here, with a more plume- and mane-like headpiece.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 2018

Solo, however, is among the franchise’s best-loved heroes — warmer, shaggier and far more charismatic than the smarmy, unhip Luke Skywalker.

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2015

His hair seemed longer than Ralph remembered, almost wayward; his eyebrows darker and shaggier.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

But the actors turned writer-directors have done their homework, setting up a “Friday the 13th” riff with a dash of “Wet Hot American Summer” that jokes its way through its shaggiest corners.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

Bobby’s hair had grown longer every year of the 1960s; now, at forty-two, he had the shaggiest hair in the United States Senate.

From MSNBC Nov. 7, 2017

The angriest and shaggiest man between the horizon and the nearest dust cloud is a fellow named Eric, played by Guy Pearce.

From New York Times Jun. 12, 2014

If the answer was Andrea Zuckerman, the shaggiest of the 90210 girls, that meant you had some work to do in the coming weeks.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2013

Looking out, she saw the cutest, shaggiest little pony standing on her front lawn!

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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