Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Neck frill”4 letters
02“Play a trump”4 letters
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