Usually means: Untidy or shabby in appearance.
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  1. scruffs: Merriam-Webster
  2. scruffs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scruffs: Vocabulary.com
  4. scruffs: Wordnik
  5. scruffs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scruffs: Wiktionary
  7. scruffs: Dictionary.com
  8. scruffs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Scruffs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. scruffs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scruffs: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scruffs: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. scruffs: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scruff)

noun:  Someone with an untidy appearance.
noun:  Stubble, facial hair (on males).
noun:  (obsolete) Crust.
noun:  (obsolete) Scurf.
noun:  The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
noun:  (rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck.
verb:  (transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff.
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