runty

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Runty, it seems, can stand the whole crummy mess so long as he can remain aloof from the environment he despises and, ultimately, from himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Runty 19-year-old Angelo has an idiot sister, a slatternly mother, a dreary job as a druggist's assistant, and no hopes.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘You’re the god of music, right? Would you listen to a song called “Apollo Smites a Runty Little Demigod”?

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Runty considered himself something of a diplomat, and he let it be understood while on the way to Mr. Scollop's office that he would present the case.

From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry

Runty smiled in his turn and also said he saw.

From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry