scrannel

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adjective

slight, thin, lean or poor

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Meanings

adjectivescrannel (comparative more scrannel, superlative most scrannel)

comparative more scrannel · superlative most scrannel

  1. archaicslight, thin, lean or poor
  2. archaicharsh or raspy

    their scrannel pipes of wretched straw

    1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

Origin

Compare scrawny.

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Chicago

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