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mangy

[ meyn-jee ]

adjective

mangier, mangiest.
  1. having, caused by, or like the mange.
  2. a mangy trick.

  3. a mangy little suburb.



mangy

/ ˈɪԻɪ /

adjective

  1. having or caused by mange

    a mangy dog

  2. scruffy or shabby

    a mangy carpet

  3. informal.
    stingy or miserly

    a mangy reward

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲԱ, noun
  • ˈԲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • g· adverb
  • g·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mangy1

First recorded in 1520–30; mange + -y 1
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He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.

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In front of us was a derelict baseball diamond and mangy grass fields.

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The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties.

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The two people getting out of it didn’t resemble Bonnie and Clyde one bit: they were a middle-aged man with a potbelly and a young girl carrying a mangy cat.

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The brick stairs knifed past a garden, where lizards darted among eroded stone sculptures and palm trees wore their dead fronds like mangy beards.

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