shaggy
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/shag"ee/,
adj., shaggier, shaggiest.
1. covered with or having long, rough hair.
2. untidy; unkempt: a shaggy person.
3. rough and matted; forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane.
4. having a rough nap, as cloth.
5. characterized by sloppy planning or execution: a shaggy production of Macbeth.
[1580-90; SHAG1 + -Y1]
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