Definition of scrammy in English:
scrammy
adjectivescrammiest, scrammierˈskrami
Australian dated, informal (of a limb) impaired by a disability.
he was a poor weak creature with a scrammy hand
Example sentencesExamples
- If you were unfortunate enough to be scrammy handed like me, then your left hand would be whacked with a ruler by the form master.
- His wiry body was bent over with arthritic cramps that kept his fingers too scrammy for doing close work.
- She opened her oral battery on him with stunning effect, calling him "a scammy wretch" and "a cripple".
- I said I would shout as he had a scrammy arm.
- My left hand holds my right wrist to keep it steady, and I've got to put my shoulder into it to keep the whole scrawny, scrammy, crooked thing in motion.