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mangy

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1. mangy - Adjective

3. mangy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Infected with the mange; scabby.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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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. John Steinbeck

A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work. Jean-Paul Sartre

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. Anthony Burgess

One mangy sheep spoils a whole flock. Danish Proverb

Even a mangy camel will carry more that a herd of asses. Latin Proverb

a mangy carpet Source: Internet

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