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Definition of Scruffs
1. scruff [n] - See also: scruff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scruffs
Literary usage of Scruffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1908)
"... without the presence of the benzoyl group which is strange to the protein
molecule, but at present the aspartic acid compounds, if we disregard scruffs ..."
2. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... were suddenly lifting her great hand to take us—her two little children — by
the scruffs of our little necks, and use us, in spite.of ourselves, ..."
3. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... hand to take us—her two little children— by the scruffs of our little necks,
and use us, in spite of ourselves, for her own purposes, in her own way. ..."
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