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snaggly, a. Chiefly dial. and colloq.|ˈsnæglɪ|
[f. as snaggle n.: see -y1.]
Irregular; tangled; ragged.
1794W. Clark Jrnl. 4 Aug. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1914) I. 422 The army was conducted..through intolerable thick woods & the earth covered with Snagley underwoods. 1882F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 269 ‘Snaggly teeth’, i.e., very irregular or ill⁓shaped teeth. 1968P. S. Beagle Last Unicorn xiv. 206 Squat, snaggly trees that had never yet bloomed were putting forth flowers in the wary way an army sends out scouts. 1978R. Jansson News Caper vi. 55 The bullet..bounced off something metal before it hit her, because the wound is all snaggly. |