Scragged

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
  • adj. Lean and rough; scraggy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy.
  • adj. Lean and rough; scraggy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; full of asperities or surface irregularities; scraggy; ragged.
  • Lean; thin and bony; showing angularity of form; lacking in plumpness; ill-conditioned.
  • Word Usage
    "'I told you that my grandfather was a shorter,' said the jockey, 'by which is meant a gentleman who shortens or reduces the current coin of these realms, for which practice he was scragged, that is, hung by the scrag of the neck."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scraggy   
    Verb Stem
    scrag