sharny

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English

Etymology

From sharn +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sharny (comparative more sharny, superlative most sharny)

  1. (Scotland) Covered in dung.
    • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 168:
      Between her and the sharny-toed brier-ragged heather-nibbling boys had been no kinship […].