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scrawny


scraw·ny

adj \ˈskrȯ-nē\
scraw·ni·erscraw·ni·est

Definition of SCRAWNY

: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size <scrawny scrub cattle>
— scraw·ni·ness noun
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Examples of SCRAWNY

  1. The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.

Origin of SCRAWNY

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1833

Rhymes with SCRAWNY

brawny, fawny, lawny, Taney, tawny

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