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- adjective Australia, New Zealand, US, informal
Dirty ,messy ;sordid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kids who wipe their snotty noses up and down their parka sleeves until their is a scungy build-up.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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I even promised myself that I would not admit to the Palinode that I was reusing the scungy grounds from yesterday's coffee.
The Non-Fire 2008
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I even promised myself that I would not admit to the Palinode that I was reusing the scungy grounds from yesterday's coffee.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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I strongly suspect her life really sucks right now–I mean, the whole scungy K-Fed thing is bad enough.
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He had on a dingy white T-shirt with 'Marlboro Racing First to Finish', printed on it, and baggy, scungy black jeans.
Violets Are Blue Patterson, James 2001
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If I want to listen to the CD, I'd prefer to be in my plush, leather lounge chair with my dogs on my lap listening to my stereo, rather than standing up in some scungy bar somewhere.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRAD WHEELER 2011
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"It was described as a black scungy looking thing, possibly a staff-lab cross," he said.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LEIGHTON KEITH 2010
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"It was described as a black scungy looking thing, possibly a staff-lab cross," he said.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LEIGHTON KEITH 2010
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"It was described as a black scungy looking thing, possibly a staff-lab cross," he said.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LEIGHTON KEITH 2010
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The dog, described as a "scungy looking" black mastiff or staffy cross, with a white chest and back paws, was still on the loose last night.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LEIGHTON KEITH 2010
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