I was a very scrawny kid and I hated taking my shirt off at pool parties or at the beach. (caliberstrong.com)
However, I have seen lots of scrawny guys rave about how great it is for getting lean. (strengthsensei.com)
A Mrs. Freeman, for instance, defended alley cats against the USDA denunciation in 1910 by contending that she had been «just a plain scrawny little alley cat herself in a past life,» according to the Logansport Reporter, of Logansport, Indiana. (animals24-7.org)