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scruffle

(UK, dialect, Northern England) A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, dialect, Northern England) A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(transitive, UK, dialect, Northern England) To scuffle; to wrestle.

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