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scruffiness

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scruff·y   (skrŭf'ē)   
adj.   scruff·i·er, scruff·i·est
  1. Shabby; untidy.

  2. Chiefly British Scaly; scabby.


[From obsolete scruff, scurf, variant of scurf; see scurf.]
scruff'i·ly adv., scruff'i·ness n.
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