One of them is about 6ft, of medium build with shoulder length 'scraggy' hair. From Wordnik.com. [London - Muslim Capital of Europe] Reference
Most of the captives were of the appearances denominated "scraggy" or "knotty.". From Wordnik.com. [Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War] Reference
She was tall for her fourteen years, and very slender – "scraggy," Jim was wont to say, with the cheerful frankness of brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Mates at Billabong] Reference
All the trees were scraggy, stunted with tufted grasses. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Over the uneven scraggy promontory, blinded by the fierce sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
The hideous vultures near have scraggy necks, with a ruff round them. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of London] Reference
The trees were about this all scraggy, but of picturesque appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
They stand scattered and scraggy, like individual bristles on a bald pate. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
The vegetation within the maximum high water mark consists of a few scraggy shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
A few ragged locks of grey hung about her long, scraggy, red, and vulture-like neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference
Descended to Montbovon; pretty scraggy village, with a wild river and a wooden bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831] Reference
My car, the fence, the rocks, the scraggy line of ocotillo all cast long violet shadows. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
The cottonwood, too, is common, though generally dwarfed, scraggy and full of dead limbs. From Wordnik.com. [The California Birthday Book] Reference
His scraggy hair topped the rock fence and his staring eyes peeped over, each its own way. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
COOK: Well, people really made fun of her and called her ugly and buck-toothed and scraggy. From Wordnik.com. [Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 1, 1884-1933] Reference
Not kittens, not husky pups given as infant gifts with red bows around their scraggy necks. From Wordnik.com. [Wolflet] Reference
There were several pretty clumps of dhoum palms, and a few scraggy mimosa by the river's margin. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Here, the scraggy, ill-conditioned trees were crowded together, and overgrown with gigantic creepers. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The scraggy branches of a tree in the foreground run out at us as if they would scratch our eyes out. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
No wonder Carlyle fiercely denounced it all as "a wretched, unsympathetic, scraggy atheism and egoism". From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
His ribs showed sharp, and his tail was full of burs, while his short and scraggy mane was missing in spots. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference
The cat looked wild and scraggy, and had been known to rush straight up the chimney when he moved towards her. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
A willow still more scraggy, and having many limbs destroyed with mistletoe, is often found in the same places. From Wordnik.com. [The California Birthday Book] Reference
There is something peculiar in the appearance of the trees of the plains, especially of the Nauclea; they look scraggy. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Through such scraggy scenery, you come to the Rocky Mountains, an irregular pile of massive rocks, from 100 to 150 feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Grass, except in long scraggy tufts here and there, or in sparse blades in some odd fence corner, was not prevalent at the Works. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Descending still farther we left the downs, first coming into the scraggy woods of Oaks, Rhododendron, Quercus, chiefly Q. robur. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Whilst we were still discussing the situation a Bushman mounted on a scraggy pony and seated on a sheepskin saddle came riding along. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
Where do all the scraggy, bad-fleshed beasts come from that we see daily in our fat markets, and what is the cause of their scragginess?. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Cattle-breeders] Reference
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