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Definition of Haggish
1. a. Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.
Definition of Haggish
1. Adjective. Like a hag ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haggish
1. resembling a hag [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haggish
Literary usage of Haggish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"He wis fair hagger't "—he was completely beggared. In boys' games the loser at
marbles, when cleared out, is said to be hagger't. haggish ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"He wis fair hagger't "—he was completely beggared. In boys' games the loser at
marbles, when cleared out, is said to be hagger't. haggish ..."
3. Dreams and Their Meanings by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1901)
"The sight or the fear of the haggish horror might well seem to bring this ...
For all that, it does seem that when the " haggish horror" enters on the scene ..."
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