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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
Jennifer is scrappy, gutsy, and one of a kind.
—Elle McLogan, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Well, the ’90s, obviously, an era when only the creative and scrappy clubs could survive and help generate another generation of comic stars.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
But to a generation of wannabe journalists who saw themselves in the scrappy music nerd at the center of Almost Famous, Crowe will forever be something of a golden god.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Still the move to Broadway, with a larger theater and its outsized economics, may be a gamble for the scrappy show.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
Jennifer is scrappy, gutsy, and one of a kind.
—Elle McLogan, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Well, the ’90s, obviously, an era when only the creative and scrappy clubs could survive and help generate another generation of comic stars.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
But to a generation of wannabe journalists who saw themselves in the scrappy music nerd at the center of Almost Famous, Crowe will forever be something of a golden god.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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