scragginess

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scrag·gy

(skrăg′ē)

adj. scrag·gi·er, scrag·gi·est

1. Jagged; rough: scraggy cliffs.

2. Bony and lean: a scraggy cat.

scrag′gi·ly adv.

scrag′gi·ness n.

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Translations

نَحافَةٌ بِدون جاذِبِيَّه

hubenost

magerhed

Magerkeit

òaî aî vera horaîur í útliti

radmagerhet

cılızlıksıskalık

皮包骨

scragginess

[ˈskrægɪnɪs] N → flaqueza f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scragginess

n → Magerkeit f; (of meat) → minderwertige Qualität, Sehnigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

scraggy

(ˈskrӕgi) adjective

unattractively thin. a scraggy neck.

ˈscragginess noun

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