scruffy

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Sienna Miller may best be known for her scruffy, alternative vibe but the blonde one sure knows how to snazzle it up when the occasion demands.

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  1. adjective Shabby; untidy.
  2. adjective Chiefly British Scaly; scabby.

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  • Except for the scruffy-looking Hispanic male she hadn ;t been able to get dismissed for cause after using all her peremptory challenges, she felt good about them. —  In His Own Defense
  • He looked like a scruffy, off-color Great Pyrenees. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • Christoffer Boe opts for a scruffy, ultra-realist look in Leslie Felperin, who finds it ultimately "feels like an empty aesthetic exercise or filmmaking in-joke." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Sienna Miller may best be known for her scruffy, alternative vibe but the blonde one sure knows how to snazzle it up when the occasion demands. —  Sky Showbiz - Latest
  • He looked kind-of scruffy, and had long hair and a beard (I think). —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From obsolete scruff, scurf, variant of scurf; see scurf.

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  1. A variant of scurfy; cf. scruff.
 

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