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noun
the nape or back of the neck.
Origin:
1780–90; variant of dial. scuff, scuft < Dutch schoft horse's withers
1780–90; variant of dial. scuff, scuft < Dutch schoft horse's withers
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Scruff
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun Metallurgy.
(in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.
Origin:
metathetic variant of scurf
metathetic variant of scurf
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| scruff2 (skrʌf) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | informal an untidy scruffy person |
| 2. | informal a disreputable person, ruffian |
| 3. | another name for scum |
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Word Origin & History
scruff
"nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to N.Fris. skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Du. schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Gmc. source (cf. O.N. skopt "hair of the head," Goth. skuft, M.H.G. schopf, Ger. Schopf).
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Slang Dictionary
scruff(y) definition[ˈskrəf(i)]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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