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scraggings

scraggings is the plural of scragging.

Meaning of scragging

Noun

scragging (plural scraggings)

  1. (dated, slang) A beating.
    • Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang. […] ‘That’s beastly talk, Thompson. Jolly well take it back or expect a good scragging.’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 26

Questions about scraggings

What is scraggings the plural of?
Scraggings is the plural of scragging.

Words near scraggings in the dictionary

  1. scraggier
  2. scraggiest
  3. scraggily
  4. scragginess
  5. scragging
  6. scraggings
  7. scraggle
  8. scraggle-bearded
  9. scraggled
  10. scraggles
  11. scragglier

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