Meaning
Scrawny, skinny, and sickly-looking — thin, meagre, and short on health or flesh. It can describe a person wasted and undernourished, a poorly, bony animal, or a stunted, undersized crop that never came to anything. Close in spirit to 'maga' and 'winjy', 'crawny' carries a note of pity or mild contempt for something that looks starved and feeble, lacking the fullness and vigour of a healthy body or a good yield.
Examples
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Di crawny dog need some food.
The scrawny dog needs some food.
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Him look crawny since him sick.
He's looked scrawny since he got sick.
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A crawny piece a meat dem sell mi.
It's a meagre little piece of meat they sold me.
Origin
The Jamaican pronunciation of English 'scrawny', with the opening 's' dropped.
How it’s used
Mildly critical, describing unhealthy thinness or meagreness rather than a slim, healthy build.