"scranny" meaning in English

See scranny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: scrannier [comparative], scranniest [superlative]
Etymology: See scrannel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scrannel}} scrannel Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scranny (comparative scrannier, superlative scranniest)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) scrawny Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-scranny-en-adj-QfjXLfW4 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scranny meaning in English (2.2kB)

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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.",
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          "ref": "1901, New England Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Volume 24, page 177",
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