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scraggling (iou)



scraggling adjective. E17.
[Irreg. from SCRAG noun1, noun2 with intrusive -l- + -ING2. In sense 2 prob. after straggling.]
Scraggy, meagre. rare. Only in E17.
T. Adams A leane, scraggling, starued Creature.
Straggling, irregular in outline or distribution. E18.
N. Hawthorne The remains being somewhat scanty and scraggling.