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scrap·py

1   [skrap-ee]
adjective, -pi·er, -pi·est.
made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
Origin:
1830–40; scrap1 + -y1

Related forms
scrap·pi·ly, adverb
scrap·pi·ness, noun

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scrap·py

2   [skrap-ee]
adjective, -pi·er, -pi·est. Informal.
fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; scrap2 + -y1
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scrappy1 (ˈskræpɪ)
 
—adj , -pier, -piest
fragmentary; disjointed
 
'scrappily1
 
—adv
 
'scrappiness1
 
—n

scrappy2 (ˈskræpɪ)
 
—adj , -pier, -piest
informal pugnacious

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scrappy
"consisting of scraps, 1837, from scrap (1). Meaning "inclined to fight" (1895) is from scrap (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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