mangiest

Example Sentences

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Hunters with the highest kill count, the mangiest kill or the largest or smallest take home cash, belt buckles, hunting gear or other prizes.

From US News • Jan. 22, 2016

Orange-robed Buddhist monks contemplate under bougainvillaea and tamarind trees, watched by some of the mangiest dogs west of El Paso.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ill-shaven and semicomatose, Belushi plays the mangiest animal of them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh,—a fur coat!” cried Peggy, “why, mine—mine has just the mangiest bit of a fur collar, and I’ve been proud enough of that—wait, just wait till I get a wonderful young caracal!”

From Peggy Parsons at Prep School by Sharp, Annabel

Master Billy came tumbling in with a torn jacket, a bloody nose, the traces of a few tears in his eyes, and the mangiest of cur dogs in his hands.

From Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor by Masson, Thomas L.