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Word: Scrag
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (as a noun): perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag ‘neck’. The verb (mid 18th century) developed the sense ‘handle roughly’ from the early use ‘hang, strangle’
skraɡ
handle roughly; beat up
Short Definition:handle roughly
Examples:- my brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him
kill by strangling or hanging
Short Definition:kill by strangling or hanging
Examples:- many an honester man than her has been scragged
Word: Scrag
Speech Type: Noun
skraɡ
an unattractively thin person or animal
Short Definition:unattractively thin person or animal
Examples:- his companion was a thin scrag of a man
a person's neck.
Short Definition:person's neck
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