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Definition of Scrawnier
1. scrawny [adj] - See also: scrawny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrawnier
Literary usage of Scrawnier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"... and flee from him as if he were the 'Old Scratch' in person; the scrawnier
and more uncomely the woman, the shyer and more timid she usually appears! ..."
2. His Family by Ernest Poole (1917)
"He appeared, if anything, tougher and scrawnier than before. "Everything's all
right," he said. "There ain'ta sick animal on the whole farm. ..."
3. Panama by Marc Rigole, Claude-Victor Langlois (2003)
"At low altitudes, there is a prevalence of species common to the tropical rain
forest, which give way, with rising altitude, to much scrawnier trees. ..."
4. The Beechwood Tragedy: A Tale of the Chickahominy by Mary Jane Haw (1889)
"Miss Susan Matthews was flatter, scrawnier, stiffer and infinitely uglier than
her mother, and at the same time as vain of her face and figure as if she had ..."
5. With Feet to the Earth by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1899)
"daily near the earth, the stems and seed spikes thereupon becoming the drier,
scrawnier, and more conspicuous. In fact, the autumnal disappearance of many ..."
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