sharny

English

Etymology

From sharn +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːni/

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 […].