Meaning of scranny | Babel Free

Definitions

scrawny

Scotland, UK, dialectal

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.”

“Observe⟳ in the whole lot, from the magnificent lord of the herd down to the scranniest runt, the superlative of self-reliance, the air of puffy arrogance and solid disregard of public or private opinion such as few of us attain.”

““Well, in the first place⟳," I explained the little lady, "they've got three of the scranniest kids, and the mother herself don't look⟳ very strong."”

“Among the affairs of men their voices, single or united, amounted to no more than a scranny interruption easily put⟳ aside;”

“'Look⟳ at him, said Ada, pursing her lips. 'Is he fighting material? If Hitler's crack Panzer divisions see⟳ a scranny feller like⟳ him coming towards them, will they panic?"”

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