Definition of "scragged" []

• Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy. (adjective)
• Lean and rough; scraggy. (adjective)

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• "'I told you that my grandfather was a shorter,' said the jockey, 'by which is meant a gentleman who shortens or reduces the current coin of these realms, for which practice he was scragged, that is, hung by the scrag of the neck."
• ""I told you that my grandfather was a shorter," said the jockey, "by which is meant a gentleman who shortens or reduces the current coin of these realms, for which practice he was scragged, that is, hung by the scrag of the neck."
• "More to the point, he could have readily got scragged or lost the ball over the line."