Scranny

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    scrawny Scotland, UK, dialectal

    "Rat. I’ll slily seize and Let blood from her weasand,— Creeping through crevice, and chink, and cranny, With my snaky tail, and my sides so scranny."

Example

More examples

"Rat. I’ll slily seize and Let blood from her weasand,— Creeping through crevice, and chink, and cranny, With my snaky tail, and my sides so scranny."

Etymology

See scrannel.

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