scrag-end
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When the entire joint, with the exception of the scrag-end (which should always be taken off), is cooked, proportionate time must be allowed for it."
- "At other times she would add some precious scrag-end of mutton, and the house would be permeated with a wonderful aroma, delicate and substantial at the same time."
- "Today: chilled macaroni, semolina encasing scrag-end of lamb – couscous – and damp Swiss roll."
- "He's saved a special bit of scrag-end for you."
- "He would not wilfully leave the scrag-ends of a property and a history without a man to take them up, and possibly bear them on to redemption ; who could tell what life might be in the stock yet ?"
- "What are Amoy, Fuchoo, and Ningpo, or Tianshan-peelo and Tian-shan-man-loo to English children but plaguy words conveying no information whatever—mere scrag-ends of a musty gazetteer crammed into their heads !"