scrankyadj.
/ˈskraŋki/, U.S. /ˈskræŋki/, Scottish English /ˈskraŋkɪ/ Scottish and northern.
Lean, slender, scraggy.
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genta1275
smallc1275
slendera1400
slightc1400
gauntc1440
light-bodiedc1487
jimp?a1513
slender-bodied1611
snever1640
slim1657
gend1676
scranky1735
light built1778
sveltea1825
spindly1827
slimmish1841
slippy1883
slenderish1894
slim-down1978
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin
leanc1000
thinc1000
swonga1300
meagrea1398
empty?c1400
(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405
macilent?a1425
rawc1425
gauntc1440
to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450
leany?a1475
swampc1480
scarrya1500
pinched1514
extenuate1528
lean-fleshed1535
carrion-lean1542
spare1548
lank1553
carrion1565
brawn-fallen1578
raw-bone1590
scraggeda1591
thin-bellied1591
rake-lean1593
bare-boned1594
forlorn1594
Lented1594
lean-looked1597
shotten herring1598
spiny1598
starved1598
thin-belly1598
raw-boned1600
larbar1603
meagry?1603
fleshless1605
scraggy1611
ballow1612
lank-leana1616
skinnya1616
hagged1616
scraggling1616
carrion-like1620
extenuated1620
thin-gutted1620
haggard1630
scrannel1638
leanisha1645
skeletontal1651
overlean1657
emaciated1665
slank1668
lathy1672
emaciate1676
nithered1691
emacerated1704
lean-looking1713
scranky1735
squinny-gut(s)1742
mauger1756
squinny1784
angular1789
etiolated1791
as thin (also lean) as a rail1795
wiry1808
slink1817
scranny1820
famine-hollowed1822
sharp featured1824
reedy1830
scrawny1833
stringy1833
lean-ribbeda1845
skeletony1852
famine-pinched1856
shelly1866
flesh-fallen1876
thinnish1884
all horn and hide1890
unfurnished1893
bone-thin1899
underweight1899
asthenic1925
skin-and-bony1935
skinny-malinky1940
skeletal1952
pencil-neck1960
1735 A. Ramsay Addr. Thanks from Society of Rakes 7 Ye Lads of little Rent, Who..did lament Your Purses being skranky.
1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 109 The skranky ankle bespeaks skranky neck and bosom.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxii. 408 It was a desolate-looking place..lumbered..with several skranky leathern-backed Spanish chairs.
1882 J. Walker Sc. Poems 114 Poor devils, scranky as the kitchen tongs.
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