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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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