scruff

(skruf)

noun

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

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

See scruff in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The back of the neck; the nape.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of dialectal scuft, scuff

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