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Scruffian

(n) An individual who takes pleasure in presenting an apprearance of being unclean, dishevelled and lacking the sensitivities of a gentleman.
(Orig. Approximately 10.55 on 26/07/04 in an educational setting.)


1 Comments:

At 8:15 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually I came up with the word outside Lincoln College Oxford in 1995, meaning pretty much the same as you described, being a contraction of Scruffy and Ruffian

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Roland Mumford MA (oxon)

 

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