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scruffy

[skruhf-ee]

adjective

scruffier, scruffiest 
  1. untidy; shabby.



scruffy

/ ˈʌɪ /

adjective

  1. unkempt or shabby

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scruffy1

First recorded in 1650–60; scruff 2 + -y 1
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"I've been born here. I will live here. I will die here," the dancer and activist tells me in what he calls "macaroni" Italian-English beneath the palm trees of a scruffy Roman park.

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Birdies on 10, 13 and 14 took him to 10 under par and additional chances slipped by before his efforts were undone by a scruffy six on the last.

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The first stop, I knew, needed to be a scruffy lot alongside U.S.

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Lost’s “Mayhem” logo, like the logo on Gaga’s “Mayhem” album and other merchandise, arcs slightly, and both feature a scruffy, irregular font suggesting, well, mayhem.

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He also comments on Mr Drakeford's appearance at a Remembrance Day event, calling him a "scruffy old university lecturer with dirty shoes".

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