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- noun UK, dialect, Northern A
scuffle ; a physicalfight or struggle. - verb transitive, UK, dialect, Northern To scuffle; to
wrestle .
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Examples
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Yes, you are a fine boy, I croon as I scruffle him under the neck and look around for Jane.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Yes, you are a fine boy, I croon as I scruffle him under the neck and look around for Jane.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Yes, you are a fine boy, I croon as I scruffle him under the neck and look around for Jane.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Yes, you are a fine boy, I croon as I scruffle him under the neck and look around for Jane.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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What hockey fan hasn’t gasped with a smile when a good punch is laid on in a mid-game scruffle?
Hockey Hell wakko101 2004
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"Usually in a reg'lar match I scruffle his feathers and blow in his eye, Cap'n, but I won't have to do it this time.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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