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May L. Posted 19 years ago
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Scruffles
0 Surely it's a stupid question, but I can't find this word in any dictionary or encyclopedia. Google search shows that it is often used as the name of a dog or a guinea-pig, but there are so many entries I got quite buried under. Is there anything else to be said about 01 i 00 Scruffles 02 i 00 ? 0-
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0 I've never heard of that word, only the word "scuffles". 02 br
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00 'Scuffle is a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters, e.g. "There were minor scuffles with police."' 0-
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00 'Scuffle is a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters, e.g. "There were minor scuffles with police."' 0-
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0 "Scruffle" is BrE dialect for "scuffle," according to the M-W Unabridged dictionary. 0-
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0 Thanks a lot; that helps. 02 br
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00 But if there's something else, I'd be glad to learn it, too. 02 br
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00 If this word were the surname of a person, what kind of person they would be likely to be? I mean, what sort of image would come to mind? 0-
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00 But if there's something else, I'd be glad to learn it, too. 02 br
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00 If this word were the surname of a person, what kind of person they would be likely to be? I mean, what sort of image would come to mind? 0-
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01 cite 10 Marius Hancu 12 cite 10 "Scruffle" is BrE dialect for "scuffle," according to the M-W Unabridged dictionary. 12 br10 I didn’t think that scruffle was a real word – I have certainly never heard it in British English outside being used as a pet name. 00 00 I thought it was a neologism to i
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0 Thank you, Lil’ Ruby Rose! 02 br
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00 So, Scruffles means someone rather fluffy and not very tidy, right? 0-
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00 So, Scruffles means someone rather fluffy and not very tidy, right? 0-
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0 No, not really. Lil RR just meant that it sounds like a made up word, perhaps something someone would invent as a name for a pet dog. 0-
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01 cite 10 May L. 12 cite 10 If this word were the surname of a person, what kind of person they would be likely to be? I mean, what sort of image would come to mind? 12 br10 If the name "Mr Scruffles" turned up in a novel by Dickens, I would picture a small, scruffy, unkempt, hurried, undigni
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0 Oh, thank you, Mr P.! 02 br
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00 Your description is just perfect! Actually, the name is from a book, but not by Dickens. It's a book for children by Loise Arnold, and the character is a Mrs Scruffles; she is a magical creature but all the rest is exactly as you say: she's a small oldish woman, hurried, with wisps of loose hair, but she is rather kind. Oh, and she's single a
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00 Your description is just perfect! Actually, the name is from a book, but not by Dickens. It's a book for children by Loise Arnold, and the character is a Mrs Scruffles; she is a magical creature but all the rest is exactly as you say: she's a small oldish woman, hurried, with wisps of loose hair, but she is rather kind. Oh, and she's single a
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