...I urged him ... to ... try the Ickenham System ... a little thing I knocked together in my bachelor days ... it has a good many points in common with all-in wrestling and osteopathy. I generally recommend it to diffident wooers and it always works like magic...
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scrag — scrag·ger; scrag·gi·ness; scrag·gle; scrag·gled; scrag·gling; scrag·gly; scrag·gy; scrag; scrag·ged·ly; scrag·ged·ness; … English syllables
Scrag — Scrag, v. t. [Cf. {Scrag}.] To seize, pull, or twist the neck of; specif., to hang by the neck; to kill by hanging. [Colloq.] An enthusiastic mob will scrag me to a certainty the day war breaks out. Pall Mall Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrag — (skr[a^]g), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See {Shrink}, and cf. {Scrog}, {Shrag}, n.] 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrag|gy — scrag|gy1 «SKRAG ee», adjective, gi|er, gi|est. 1. having little flesh; lean; thin; bony: »... his sinewy, scraggy neck (Scott). SYNONYM( … Useful english dictionary
Scrag — can refer to:*Global Rocket 1 *A monster, also referred to as a wizard , in the 1996 computer game Quake *A type of aquatic troll in Dungeons Dragons … Wikipedia
scrag — (n.) 1540s, lean person or animal, a raw bones; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Norw. skragg a lean person, dialectal Swed. skragge old and torn thing, Dan. skrog hull, carcass ); perhaps related to SHRINK (Cf. shrink) … Etymology dictionary
scrag — ► VERB (scragged, scragging) informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ handle roughly; beat up. ► NOUN 1) an unattractively thin person or animal. 2) archaic, informal the neck. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag «neck» … English terms dictionary
scrag — [skrag] n. [prob. < ON, as in Norw skragg, feeble, stunted person, Dan skrog, ON skröggr, fox (nickname) < IE base * (s)ker , to shrivel, shrink] 1. a lean, scrawny person or animal 2. a thin, stunted tree or plant 3. the neck, or back of… … English World dictionary
scrag — [skrseg] 1. n. the neck. (Underworld.) □ The cop grabbed him by the scrag and pushed him along to the squad car. □ It’s gonna be your scrag in the noose when this hing’s over. 2. tv. to kill someone or something. (Originally underworld to… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
scrag — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of 2crag Date: 1542 1. a rawboned or scrawny person or animal 2. a. the lean end of a neck of mutton or veal called also scrag end b. neck II. transitive verb ( … New Collegiate Dictionary
