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Definition of the day : « scruff »

  • As in scum : noun superficial impurities, dirt
  • As in neck : noun narrow connector
Example sentences :
  • And with that he seized me again by the scruff of the neck and shook me.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • So we adopted a more pressing plan, and coaxed him out by the scruff of his neck.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • She came to and tried to bite me, but I had her by the scruff of the neck and she couldn't.
  • Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
  • When dinner-time came we had to be dragged in by the scruff of our necks.
  • Extract from : « Dream Days » by Kenneth Grahame
  • Bucky would drag you back by the scruff of the neck in two weeks.
  • Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Grasping the animal by the scruff of the neck, he tossed him into the standing-room.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • When Scruff and his traces were effaced, Herr Paul took a ladle in his hand.
  • Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy
  • Scruff' has a sore toe; it is because he has eaten too much meat.
  • Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy
  • Mirestone held the goat by the scruff of his neck and fastened a halter about him.
  • Extract from : « The White Feather Hex » by Don Peterson
  • She seized the woolly dog by the scruff of the neck and deposited it in her lap.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels » by Mrs. Charles Bryce