"scranny" meaning in All languages combined

See scranny on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: scrannier [comparative], scranniest [superlative]
Etymology: See scrannel. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scranny (comparative scrannier, superlative scranniest)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) scrawny Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal

Inflected forms

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    },
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        {
          "ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:",
          "text": "Rat.\nI’ll slily seize and\nLet blood from her weasand,—\nCreeping through crevice, and chink, and cranny,\nWith my snaky tail, and my sides so scranny.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1901, New England Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Volume 24, page 177:",
          "text": "Observe in the whole lot, from the magnificent lord of the herd down to the scranniest runt, the superlative of self-reliance, the air of puffy arrogance and solid disregard of public or private opinion such as few of us attain.",
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        {
          "ref": "1914, Oral Hygiene - Volume 4, page 11:",
          "text": "“Well, in the first place,\" I explained the little lady, \"they've got three of the scranniest kids, and the mother herself don't look very strong.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Margaret Mead, Geoffrey Gorer, John Rickman, Russian Culture, →ISBN, page 38:",
          "text": "Among the affairs of men their voices, single or united, amounted to no more than a scranny interruption easily put aside;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, David Nobbs, The Complete Pratt, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "'Look at him, said Ada, pursing her lips. 'Is he fighting material? If Hitler's crack Panzer divisions see a scranny feller like him coming towards them, will they panic?\"",
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  "forms": [
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scranniest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Oral Hygiene - Volume 4, page 11:",
          "text": "“Well, in the first place,\" I explained the little lady, \"they've got three of the scranniest kids, and the mother herself don't look very strong.\"",
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          "text": "Among the affairs of men their voices, single or united, amounted to no more than a scranny interruption easily put aside;",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, David Nobbs, The Complete Pratt, →ISBN, page 31:",
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