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Definition of Scuffer
1. Noun. A lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole; worn as play shoes by children and as sportswear by adults.
Definition of Scuffer
1. Noun. someone who scuffs his feet ¹
2. Noun. (slang British) (Victorian era, London) a policeman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scuffer
1. one that scuffs [n -S] - See also: scuffs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuffer
Literary usage of Scuffer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... with closer trim on the other side. SCREW FASTENED.— Having the sole attached
to the upper with screw nails, as in heavy work shoes. scuffer. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"The leathers over those holes are called scuffer leathers; and the nails with
which they are fastened, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"He's naething but a sconf; Danish scuffer, to gull, to cheat, to shuffle; a cheat,
a false pretender.—JAMIESON. ..."
4. Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Common Law and Admiralty in the by Theron Metcalf, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, George Ticknor Curtis (1863)
"scuffer, 4 Whart. 175. 11. The ordinance of March 29, 1799, imposing a tax to
provide the city with water, is valid. Sti/es v. Jones, 3 Yeates, 491. 12. ..."
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