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scruff

1[skruhf]
–noun
the nape or back of the neck.

Origin:
1780–90; var. of dial. scuff, scuft < D schoft horse's withers

scruff

2[skruhf]
–noun Metallurgy.
(in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.

Origin:
metathetic var. of scurf
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scruff   (skrŭf)   
n.  The back of the neck; the nape.

[Alteration of dialectal scuft, scuff.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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