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scruffy

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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.
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