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n. The back of the neck; the nape.

n. Someone with an untidy appearance

n. crust

n. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.

n. The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck.

v. To lift or carry by the scruff.

n. Scurf.

n. The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.

n. Same as scurf.

n. Same as shruff.

n. The nape of the neck; the nape; technically, the nucha or cervix.

In golf, to raze the grass slightly in striking.

n. the back side of the neck

"And then sticking a card between my stock and my coat-collar, in what is called the scruff of my neck, the disgusting brute gave me another blow behind my back, and left the coffee-room with his friends."

back end    rear    backside   

scurf    nap    of    horse    a   

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