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cruff

The English word “cruff” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Crude, rough, uncouth, tough.

noun

  1. A person who is uncouth, crude, or tough.
  2. A lazy person; someone of little value.

Etymology

Unknown. Compare scruff (“one with untidy appearance”), scurf (“skin disease; dandruff”). Compare also cruft, crufty (“of inferior quality”); gruff (“rough, unpolished”).

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