Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
mangy .
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- adjective Alternative form of
mangy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
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Examples
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Don't be gnawing on one of those mangey, flea-bitten, critters.
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Don't be gnawing on one of those mangey, flea-bitten, critters.
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Derik's plastic lenses were coated in condensation, and Chelsea's faux fur shall had gained a mangey appearance under the dampness.
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I've noticed that fleas just love a mangey dog. by
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Here's a plush Sarcoptes scabei mite (responsible for all those mangey coyotes and bears ...) posted by Chad Arment @ 6: 55 PM
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Hey, man; check it out, there are men, women, and children over in that Holy Hell of a hot desert land, those refugees, who are living in tents or make-do constructions out in the flat middle of a treeless, totally mangey land, this land of dust devils and mirages, this desert of where only human compassion can save them--yeah sure.
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I thought today would be lower than a dog's mangey belly by now, but so far, Praise the Lard, we are cool as a beginning-to-rot cucumber.
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They showed the visitor to be an illlooking visitor with a squinting leer, who, as he spoke, fumbled at an old sodden fur cap, formless and mangey, that looked like a furry animal, dog or cat, puppy or kitten, drowned and decaying.
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Just found a mangey jug of my home-made face mask which has been festering in my room for the past few days.
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The few antlered stag-heads upon the walls were mangey and dusty; the strip of arras that swayed softly in the draught of a window only sufficed to accentuate the sordid nature of that once pretentious interior.
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