mangy
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1. mangy - Adjective
3. mangy - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Infected with the mange; scabby.
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A book is like a man clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.
Singapura means lion-city; prehistoric, myopic, Sanskrit-speaking visitors having spotted a mangy tiger or two in the mangroves. Sly Malays sometimes call it Singa pura-pura, which means ‘pretending to be a lion'....It is a profoundly provincial town pretending to be a metropolis.
One mangy sheep spoils a whole flock.
Even a mangy camel will carry more that a herd of asses.
a mangy carpet