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Scruff Neck Bre /Skrʌf/Name /Skrʌf/ Noun Bre, Informal)a Dirty Untidy Person

Front scruff
Back BrE /skrʌf/NAmE /skrʌf/

noun

(BrE, informal)a dirty or untidy person

by the scruff of the/sb's ˈneck
roughly holding the back of an animal's or person's neck

She grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and threw him out.

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