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Scrag v. t. To seize, pull, or twist the neck of; specif., to hang by the neck; to kill by hanging. (Colloq.) "An enthusiastic mob will scrag me to a certainty the day war breaks out."

noun

Scrag n.

Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. "Lady MacScrew, who... serves up a scrag of mutton on silver."

A rawboned person. (Low)

A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

Scrag whale (Zool.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scrag" Quotes from Famous Books

... Tonkin, that to-day's tale is for to-day. But by God I will come and take my share—you may tell your master—and a trifle over! And the next time I overtake you I promise to put a bullet in the back of your scrag neck." ...

— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... right with us, an' we ever sight the smoke of a Jap gunboat comin' our way, the first thing I'll be apt to do will be to scrag Tamada or he'll blow the whole proposition, whether we've got the gold aboard or not. Even if he didn't want to tell becoz of his own share, they'd git it out of ...

— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn

... her fists on her hips. The sight daunted them for a moment: but she held up a finger, signing them to keep the news to themselves, and leaned her shoulder against the doorpost with her eyes steady on the back of her husband's scrag neck. His fate was upon him, poor varmint, and on he went, as gleeful as a bird ...

— News from the Duchy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch