Analogy between a scrag of mutton and a Bone-a-part. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
On the black scrag piles, where the loose cords plop. From Wordnik.com. [Soft Options: Day-Tripping to Danger] Reference
Neck or scrag-end, used for cutlets, stews and meat-pies. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Not what she did trying to scrag herself afterward, either. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
“What — twenty pelire for that poor spavined old scrag …?”. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de Force]
The last missed entirely and boomed a long way off among the circling scrag. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
Conway should get together with some other ruffians and scrag the weaselly toff. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-03] Reference
I have wondered, who am I to tell you, a long time Buffy fan, how to scrag vampires. From Wordnik.com. [busy, busy] Reference
At the scrag-end of a long thread I quoted Gary Jacobson writing on the 1994 election. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Doomed Strategy] Reference
He went next door to the EM Club and asked Willy Joe if he'd like to go scrag some gooks. From Wordnik.com. [1968]
Soak mutton in water for an hour, cut off scrag, and put it in stewpan with three quarts of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
It was too late to tell Grim, who would have instantly summoned all the strength of Biffen's to scrag him. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
She always said it was a pity it was at the scrag-end of the Manor because it was the nicest place to sit. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
And a few scrag ends of whatever fur it was that Selick Washinsky sewed into whatever garment it was he sewed. From Wordnik.com. [Kalooki Nights] Reference
There were five hundred of us, and we came upon the rebel force, seven thousand strong, encamped in a scrag wood. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
Near midday he rounded a bend and came up on a pinched-ofF little scrag of a person hunkered down under a big hemlock. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
It would feast on the scrag end of a neck of a decapitated fowl with as much apparent relish as on the skin of a mango!. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
Tell Mrs. Viney to boil two pounds of scrag-end of the neck for your dinners to-morrow, and I can have some of the broth. From Wordnik.com. [The Railway Children] Reference
Take a scrag-end of mutton (two pounds), put it in a saucepan with two quarts of cold water and an ounce of pearl barley or rice. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Quickly a cup of coffee, a tortilla, and a scrag of dried mutton were swallowed, and again, across the prairie, sped the fugitives. From Wordnik.com. [The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid]
"Well, the lion may be old, mister, but he ain't dead, and he can still take you by your dirty neck and scrag you like the rat you are!". From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
Analogy between a scrag of mutton and a Bony-part. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
You can scrag me if I know v'ot things is coming to. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Gentleman] Reference
You drive a hard bargain on the scrag / rags, Leonie. From Wordnik.com. [ragamuffin diva] Reference
Roast leg of mutton, boiled neck and scrag of mutton -- aha!. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
Hunt for the spirit of the coming ruction and try to scrag it!. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Khyber Rifles] Reference
"Now, I wonder whom I ought to scrag for this," he mused aloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Swindler and Other Stories] Reference
The meat on the plate was pork, and the dish of scrag was empty. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
Cook's recipes saying, "Take the scrag end of a piece of mutton.". From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
"Boys, ye kint make no hero out o 'an old scrag o' a man like me,". From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of Poor Richard] Reference
He turned about, stared at the plate, stared from the plate to the dish of scrag. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
It's another matter, hows'ever, when you're goin 'to scrag the men as let him off. From Wordnik.com. [Digging for Gold Adventures in California] Reference
"Why, then, we'll just fail, that's all; an 'if they should scrag us for it, no matter.". From Wordnik.com. [The Battle and the Breeze] Reference
He surveyed me steadily for the scrag-end of a minute and then his left eyelid flickered. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Valley] Reference
Clarice was inwardly convinced that Vivian belonged to the scrag end, so far as character went. From Wordnik.com. [A Forgotten Hero Not for Him] Reference
Cut the meat off the scrag into small pieces, and send it to table in the tureen with the soup. From Wordnik.com. [Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches] Reference
He stood and watched, gradually losing all hope except to capture a portion of the mutton near the scrag-end. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
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