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scragging Definition


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scrag
noun
    1. The thin part of a neck of mutton or veal, providing poor quality meat.
      Form: scrag-end
    2. An unhealthily thin person or animal.
    3. slang
      The human neck.
verb scragged, scragging
    colloq:
    1. To wring the neck of (an animal); to throttle.
    2. To attack or beat up.
Etymology: 16c: perhaps from crag.



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