Adjective

(er)

Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.

(informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.

* 2012 , Mark Rice-Oxley, Underneath the Lemon Tree

In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington

, title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}

Adjective

(er)

Of clothing, featuring or characterized by straps.

*2003 , Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times , 14 Sep 2003:

*:Looking luminous in a yellow, strappy Cavalli dress with her sun-kissed hair cascading down her back, the pop star-turned-actress demands that the reporter shake her groove thing like Beyonce does in her hit video "Crazy in Love."

*2006 , Hadley Freeman, The Guardian , 3 Mar 2006:

*:The click-click-click of strappy stilettos has given way to the clomp-clomp-clomp of platforms and wedges on the Milan catwalk.

*2010 , Laura Bush, Spoken From the Heart :

*:We read newspaper accounts of the Reagans' black-tie evenings, where the women wore long, shimmering gowns and strappy high heels and everyone toasted equally elegant foreign guests.