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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
And so the scrappy kid from Atlantic City, N.J., my world changed.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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Adjective
Amy Winehouse was a scrappy Londoner with a palpable persona and a soulful voice that put her contemporaries to shame.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
And so the scrappy kid from Atlantic City, N.J., my world changed.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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