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Word entry · 4 letters

ruff

Best crossword clue

"Neck frill"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɹʌf/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ffruStarts with REnds with F2 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2U3F4F

Definitions

  1. Neck frill or a card-play action using a trump.

Word origin

Clipping of ruffle, or possibly from rough.

Used in a sentence

  • You a Captaine? you ſlaue, for what? for tearing a poore Whores Ruffe in a Bawdy-houſe? Hee a Captaine? hang him Rogue, hee liues vpon mouldie ſtew'd-Pruines, and dry'de Cakes.
  • "Just look here! I am a parson now. Here is both the gown and the ruff!"
  • "When we first forgathered, I was sitting on the floor with a chair round my neck." "Like an Elizabethan ruff, as worn by Thomas Botway." "Otway," I said stiffly.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Neck frill4 letters
02Play a trump4 letters

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