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shruff

shruff noun: rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.

Noun

shruff (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Light, dry wood, or material used for fuel.

Origin of shruff

Compare scruff and scurf.

Questions about shruff

What does shruff mean?
Shruff means rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.
What part of speech is shruff?
Shruff is a noun.

Words near shruff in the dictionary

  1. Shrubsoles
  2. shrubsteppe
  3. shrubsteppes
  4. shrubwood
  5. Shrubya
  6. shruff
  7. shrug
  8. shrug off
  9. shrugged
  10. shrugged off
  11. shrugger

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