Once they were young and little and rather "scrabbly." They were given to loud laughter, to whispers, to scribbling pictures, and to mischievous glances.
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Scrabbly
Synonyms for "scrabbly" (2 found)
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With their carapace they survive the ordeal of the nets, frisking into scrabbly action as soon as they can.
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That night under the porch there was a scrabbly sound, like a dog in a gravel pile, going steadily on under barks and groans and screeches. Something was digging down deeper.
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The scrabbly style of running so remarked upon by the press was partly a result of Casey's efforts not to let that happen.
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