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scruff (skruf)

noun

  1. the back of the neck; nape
  2. the loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals

Etymology: < ON skrufr, a tuft of hair, forelock, var. of skruf, altered by metathesis < skufr, tuft < IE base *(s)keup- > OE scyfel, woman's headdress

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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