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Scragged adj.

Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.

Lean and rough; scraggy.

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Etymology of 'Scragged'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scragged" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the young 'uns 'll run out when they hear father's horse, and want to hear all the news. When he goes in there's his meal tidy and decent waiting for him, while he tells them about the poor chap he's been to see as is to be scragged next month. Ha! ha! what a rum joke ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

... he cried to Plimsoll, who stared at him half-comprehending. "For Gawd's sake what's happened here? Gimme a drink." He snatched at the bottle and swallowed from the neck. "Here, you need a swig. We got to git out of here, pronto. Have you scragged the gel?" He thrust the bottle at Plimsoll who drank, senses rallying by the urge of danger that emanated from the cook like the sweaty stench of ...

— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... land, you black-bearded beast!" screamed Billy. "You 'm most like of any wan ever I heard tell of to do murder yourself; an' auld as I be, I'd crawl on my hands an' knees to see you scragged for 't, if 't was so far as the ...

— Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts

... to be scragged, the beast!" went on the General, as with one sharp turn of the wrist he threw the guard off, and sent him flying nearly across the room, where, being free at last, the Frenchman drew his sword and brandished it ...

— The Rome Express • Arthur Griffiths