"skaggy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more skaggy [comparative], most skaggy [superlative]
Etymology: From skag + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skag|y}} skag + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} skaggy (comparative more skaggy, superlative most skaggy)
  1. Alternative form of scaggy. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scaggy
    Sense id: en-skaggy-en-adj-9-87a8pJ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: skaggies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skaggy (plural skaggies)
  1. (historical) A Haida medicine man. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-skaggy-en-noun-Gm8gmkop Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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