Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
scrawny .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Prov. Eng. & Scot. Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
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- adjective UK, Scotland, dialect
thin ;lean ;meagre ;scrawny
Etymologies
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See scrannel.
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Examples
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"For the very thought of him is enough to drive poor Miss Isabel scranny, specially in the evening."
Greatheart 1910
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He was a scranny corpse when I strecked him out. "
Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He was a scranny corpse when I strecked him out. "
Lucretia — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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