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Place to pick up a kitten
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scruff
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Word definitions for scruff in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to North Frisian skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Dutch schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Germanic source (compare Old Norse skopt "hair ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Someone with an untidy appearance 2 stubble, facial hair (on males) 3 (context obsolete English) crust 4 (context obsolete English) scurf Etymology 2 n. 1 The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. 2 (context rare English) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the scruff...of...neck (= back ) ▪ The dog picked up the puppy and carried it by the scruff of the neck into the house. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As though some enormous beast nuzzled her then picked her up in its mouth ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scruff \Scruff\, n. [See Scurf .] Scurf. [Obs.]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Scruff is a 2000 television series by D'ocon entertainment based on a 1993 book by Cressida Cowell . It features the story of a puppy, Scruff, who is adopted by a farmworker named Peter. The show was directed by Antoni D'Ocon . The show was distributed ...
Usage examples of scruff.
Then, as she moved, he stopped and caught up Bramble by the scruff of his neck.
He took Marvin Meskin up by the scruff of his neck and on the way to the elevator collected the bellboy.
Viscount Rosser from the table by the scruff of his neck, and give him a good thrashing for being so foolish and unfaithful.
He seized Warth by the scruff of his neck and dropped him with a thump beside the other wizards.
It was Banat on the doorstep, holding a small person by the scruff of the neck.
On the way, he was grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged to the fort.
Zanita was holding a drenched Hambone over the water by the scruff of his neck.
Rapid fire now: about the Scruff and Jackie in Johannesburg or Monrovia and the hushed word throughout the illicit arms trade that something was going down at a New York airport this week so stay clear.
A guard with his sword on his hip pursues the irrepressible Nardo up and down the black curtain, seizes him by the scruff of the neck and slips his head through the noose.
Holding Aziz an inch off the floor by the scruff of the coat, he plunged his hand into the pocket and came out with a wadded length of black fabric.
Fosh-bal-soj listened to their complaints and then with a sudden sweep of his right hand seized Bradley by the scruff of the neck and hurled him sprawling through the doorway upon the floor of the chamber.
So she took me to Ersh, the Senior Assimilator and Eldest of our Web, who promptly grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and tossed me off her mountain.
Peez said, picking the little bear up by the scruff of his neck and sticking him in the crook of her arm.
Raina emerged from the bush holding a blue fox by the scruff of its neck.
Her skin already looks exfoliated, plucked, scruffed, moisturized, and made up until she could be a piece of refinished furniture.