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scruffs
We have found lemma(root) word of scruffs : scruff.
Definitions
[skrʌf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the back of a person's or animal's neck
(e.g: he grabbed him by the scruff of his neck)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 18th century: alteration of dialect scuff, of obscure origin
[skrʌf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- grasp (an animal) by the scruff of its neck
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 18th century: alteration of dialect scuff, of obscure origin
[skrʌf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person with a dirty or untidy appearance
- short, bristly hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a while; stubble
(e.g: several days' worth of scruff)
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Origin
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early 16th century (in the sense ‘scurf’): variant of scurf. The word came to mean ‘worthless thing’, whence scruff(mid 19th century)
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