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SCROYLE
Etymology
Noun
scroyle (plural scroyles)
(obsolete) A mean fellow; a wretch.
Anagrams
• Colyers, Corleys, Croleys, Crosley, Croyles, Lecroys
Source: Wiktionary
Scroyle, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles, pl., scrofula, F. écrouelles, fr. (assumed) LL. scrofulae. See Scrofula, and cf. Cruels.]
Definition: A mean fellow; a wretch. [Obs.] hak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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