roughscuff

noun

variants or less commonly rough-scruff

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗

: riffraff

the political roughscuff of Europe

—Atlantic

Word History

Etymology

rough entry 1 + scuff, scruff

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

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