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Etymologies
- French dialectal escarpe, sash, sling, from Old North French, variant of Old French escherpe, pilgrim's bag hung from the neck, from Frankish *skirpja, small rush, from Latin scirpus, rush.Middle English skarf, as in scarfnail, probably from Old Norse skarfr, end piece of a board cut off on the bias.Variant of scoff2.
Examples
“The next day came men in scarfs to whom I made the same appeal.”
“Before the carousal my Chinamen had securely fastened their money in scarfs about their necks, and the landlady, as each one became overpowered by the liquor, gave them their sleeping places, and there was no longer any fear.”
“He also sold vests or waistcoats, lace-edged neck cloths, gloves, sword scarfs and girdles, generally of his own design; yet though his shop was regularly crowded with gallants and courtiers, the man himself managed to preserve much of the honesty and simplicity which had been his making in the days gone by.”
“She's a short blond woman sitting in an Everest & Jennings motorized chair wearing one of those clear plastic "scarfs" over her hair and a white trash bag over her lap.”
“Noticing his tardiness, Rick quickly scarfs his remaining meal and apologizes to his family.”
“Every morning, he gets up a little earlier then he has to, rushes out of bed, and quickly scarfs down his meager meal of biscuits and jam.”
“Humble old ladies proudly protected their new hairdos with bright silk scarfs.”
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“Through Tonight: No heavy coats or scarfs required.”
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“CCTV cant pick up descriptions because they have hoods up and scarfs covering their faces.”
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“I always plan to save it for making just such things as biscuit gravy or beef and scrambled eggs, but, alas, almost as soon as it dries thoroughly my family usually scarfs it down as is and there is nothing left to save for later dishes.”
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