Definition of "skag" []

• Slang Variant of scag. (noun)

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• "Filled up with schitzos and skag freaks, tweakers, parolees, drool cases, pensioned-off old folks, professional students, lower-end wage slaves, a cluster of registered sex fiends on Summit off Howell, unclassified geeks up the ying-yang — the shavings and sweepings of 20th Century life in the city."
• "He was jungled up at this flop down the street, him and the rest of the skag dogs who hung in that neck of the woods."
• "Oh wait it does (and combined with proper treatment programs gets the skag-heads off it more often than not at least for a while), but we have an over-liberal society and government."