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Definition of Scroggy
1. a. Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.
Definition of Scroggy
1. Adjective. (UK Scotland dialect) Abounding in scrog. ¹
2. Adjective. (UK Scotland dialect) twisted; stunted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scroggy
1. of stunted growth [adj -GIER, -GIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scroggy
Literary usage of Scroggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"Some «changes ; the men closed, and scroggy got Martin down. ... Martin endeavoured
to pat in a sharp nobber, but scroggy, smiling at his efforts, ..."
2. Indiana Historical Society Publications by Indiana Historical Society (1895)
"scroggy thought it was possible that he could duplicate the record; ... When they
clinched, scroggy was lifted up and laid on the floor like a child. ..."
3. The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Their Main Features and Relations by John Veitch (1893)
"But " scroggy " is better than all. This expresses exactly the look of the stunted
... The scroggy braes,"-—this was never said before in Scottish ballad or ..."
4. The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Their Main Features and Relations by John Veitch (1893)
"But " scroggy " is better than all. This expresses exactly the look of the stunted
... The scroggy braes,"—this was never said before in Scottish ballad or ..."
5. The Legal News by James Kirby (1897)
"The appellant, scroggy, under a transfer from McEwen, which had not been ...
Gordon then sued for damages, and scroggy appeared, but did not plead. ..."
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