Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a scraggy neck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a scraggy neck.
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Examples
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A scrag-necked youth thrust his face forward from the aperture of the ticket-office.
The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The boy, being the son of old parents, was a lean, scrag-necked child, with a lollopping big head, too clever for his years.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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