From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscrawnyscraw‧ny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ adjective THIN PERSONa scrawny person or animal looks very thin and weak SYN skinny a scrawny kid in jeans and a T-shirt a few scrawny hens► see thesaurus at thin
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scrawny• The most you will see is a scrawny arm waving desperately from between the bars.• Above them, tied to a thorn tree, faded red and white streamers dangle like the tattered carcasses of scrawny birds.• A few scrawny chickens were searching for scraps of food in the dry earth.• Last time I saw him he was a scrawny kid in Levi's and a dirty T-shirt.• a scrawny kid• The trees on this bog were bonsai-like black spruce, red maple, and occasional scrawny larch covered with lichens.• Beside her the pathetic corpse of the servant, the garotte cord still round his scrawny neck.• The scrawny swarthy-skinned kid in the mirror blinked back at him.• We had a lot of scrawny veterans and their scrawny wives for friends.Origin scrawny (1800-1900) scranny “thin” ((1800-1900)), probably from a Scandinavian language 