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scrawny
adjective
Being very thin
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ˈskrɔːni
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adjective
Being very thin
“A child with skinny freckled legs”
adjective
Inferior in size or quality
“Scrawny cattle”
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A child with skinny freckled legs
A long scrawny neck
Pale bony hands
Scrawny cattle
Scrubby cut-over pine
Old stunted thorn trees
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