Definition of "scruffy" [scruffy]

• Shabby; untidy. (adjective)
• Chiefly British Scaly; scabby. (adjective)

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• "But by carefully cultivating the small growing space available at his home on what he describes as a "scruffy" London terrace, he is "having fun" and "eating some great food.""
• "There may well be kids growing up in scruffy homes because of poverty, or the ill health of a parent, but those kids may well be loved and happier than other kids who have well off parents."
• "Her boyfirned is lookin scruffy but who cares who all do now and then lol."