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

  • "For the very thought of him is enough to drive poor Miss Isabel scranny, specially in the evening."

    Greatheart 1910

  • He was a scranny corpse when I strecked him out. "

    Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He was a scranny corpse when I strecked him out. "

    Lucretia — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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