scruff

scruff n Newfoundland s. of ca. 1860-1900. _Figaro_, Nov. 25, 1870, quoting from _The Montreal News_, on Codland Habits": 'The best society is call- ed "merchantable," that being the term for fish of the best quality; while the lowest stratum is "scruff" or "dun&qu...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50467 2023-12-31T10:15:20+01:00 scruff xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50467 eng eng S PARTRIDGE Dictionary of Slang, 4th Edition, 1951 7 May 1969 Joanne Garland References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14212 S_14212_scruff n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50467 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z scruff n Newfoundland s. of ca. 1860-1900. _Figaro_, Nov. 25, 1870, quoting from _The Montreal News_, on Codland Habits": 'The best society is call- ed "merchantable," that being the term for fish of the best quality; while the lowest stratum is "scruff" or "dun".' Ex ob. S.E. _scruff_ applied to anything valueless or contemptable. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit NID 2 One that is worthless or contemptible EDD 7. the refuse of society, the rabble Used I Used I Used I dun [see 'scroff'] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description scruff n Newfoundland s. of ca. 1860-1900. _Figaro_, Nov. 25, 1870, quoting from _The Montreal News_, on Codland Habits": 'The best society is call- ed "merchantable," that being the term for fish of the best quality; while the lowest stratum is "scruff" or "dun".' Ex ob. S.E. _scruff_ applied to anything valueless or contemptable. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit NID 2 One that is worthless or contemptible EDD 7. the refuse of society, the rabble Used I Used I Used I dun [see 'scroff']
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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PARTRIDGE Dictionary of Slang, 4th Edition, 1951
7 May 1969 Joanne Garland
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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