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Synonyms for mangy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : meyn-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪn dʒi

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Définition of mangy

Origin :
  • by 1745, from mange + -y (2).
  • adj scruffy
Example sentences :
  • We'll show 'em that we won't be bothered any longer with their mangy wars.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • He had goggling, bloodshot eyes, mangy moustaches, and a broken nose.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • No trace of her passing on the hard earth with its mangy growth of grass.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • So fine a fellow, and so mangy a following, it would be hard to find.
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever
  • His practice was to wear on his head, in that tropical climate, a mangy fur cap.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was all rock, except in a few spots where there was some scrub bushes and mangy grass.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • They're a mangy, stick-in-the-mud, follow-in-the-old-ruts crowd.
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne
  • About his chest and shoulders hung a single, mangy garment of goat-skin.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Plague » by Jack London
  • Git out o' here; I'm ashamed to be seen speakin' to a mangy hound like you.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • Got his nerve with him, the mangy calf-eater, comin' up to the ranch thataway.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

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