Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy.
  • adjective Lean and rough; scraggy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
  • adjective Lean and rough; scraggy.

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Examples

  • '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.

    The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842

  • "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.

    The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Actually, he wanted to rebuild the French empire in America and gave up after his expeditionary force got wiped out by the Haitians and his navy got scragged by the British at Trafalgar.

    Matthew Yglesias » In Defense of The “Louisiana Purchase” 2010

  • More to the point, he could have readily got scragged or lost the ball over the line.

    Six Nations 2011: England beginning to show signs of dangerous purpose| Richard Williams 2011

  • In almost the same breath, Youngs suggested that the England management might not have been so forgiving had he been scragged, which would have spared Will Genia's blushes after the Wallaby scrum-half had cut unwisely back inside and been turned over by Flood and Palmer.

    England revel in exuberance of Ben Youngs after beating Australia Robert Kitson at Twickenham 2010

  • We was vastly entertained—why, we did not even take it amiss when no one got scragged that day.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • We was vastly entertained—why, we did not even take it amiss when no one got scragged that day.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • We was vastly entertained—why, we did not even take it amiss when no one got scragged that day.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • We was vastly entertained—why, we did not even take it amiss when no one got scragged that day.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • We was vastly entertained—why, we did not even take it amiss when no one got scragged that day.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

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