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Definition of Scurvier
1. scurvy [adj] - See also: scurvy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurvier
Literary usage of Scurvier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"Both in Europe and America it is very common as a road-side weed, and in moist
ditches ; but with us it is a weedier and scurvier plant than with ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"'Pears like they think we're their nat'ral enemies, and the wuss they can skin
us, the better 'tis. Widders is even scurvier than girls; they're allus a ..."
3. School Days at Rugby by Thomas Hughes (1858)
"POOR old Benjy! the " rheumatiz ".. has much to answer for all through English
country sides, but it never played a scurvier trick than in laying thee .by ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"After long pampering we now turn upon it, assail it with bitter reproaches and
yet scurvier treatment. Its sacrifices are stopped, its hours of worship ..."
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