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scruff⋅y

  [skruhf-ee]
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–adjective, scruff⋅i⋅er, scruff⋅i⋅est.
untidy; shabby.
Origin:
1650–60; scruff 2 + -y 1
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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scruff(y) [ˈskrəf(i)]

  1. mod.
    sloppy; unkempt. : Why don't you clean up this scruff car? It's—like—grody!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

scruffy 
1660, from scruff "dandruff, scurf" (late O.E.), variant of scurf (q.v.). Generalized sense of "rough and dirty" is from 1871.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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