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Recent Examples of scroungy
The mesh fabric adds a bit of sexiness and fun to your average lounge bra—which, in my drawers, can often err on the scroungy side—and provides the perfect pick-me-up when the girls need a little bit of a lift.
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Lily Wohlner,
womenshealthmag.com,
9 May 2023
That meant giving the men in that environment scroungy beards and longer sideburns to reflect the era.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
16 June 2022
But nobody in particular can be identified except some members of the scroungy New Orleans-Dallas-Galveston demimonde.
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Avi Selk,
Washington Post,
21 Oct. 2017
Lily Wohlner,
womenshealthmag.com,
9 May 2023
That meant giving the men in that environment scroungy beards and longer sideburns to reflect the era.
—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
16 June 2022
But nobody in particular can be identified except some members of the scroungy New Orleans-Dallas-Galveston demimonde.
—
Avi Selk,
Washington Post,
21 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scroungy
Adjective
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The suspect is described as a Hispanic or Middle Eastern man, about 35 years old, approximately 5-foot-8 with a thin build, shaved head, brown eyes and scruffy facial hair.
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The special bond between Supergirl and her scruffy animal sidekick becomes a key plot point in Kara’s new solo movie, where Krypto is poisoned by space outlaw Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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But for cars that weighed around 3,100 pounds, those figures aren’t too shabby in terms of real-world performance.
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The result is a compassionate, elegant, unsettling book about some extremely shabby people.
Adjective
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Blondie looked rather bedraggled himself, but more or less sober.
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Mary is bedraggled and wet, begging for a gown for a comeback performance in a few days.
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“Scroungy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scroungy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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