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"Back of the neck"2 answers
nape4 lettersscruff6 letters
Filled answer is this word (SCRUFF).
Definitions
the back side of the neck
Word origin
1790, from earlier (1787) scuft and dialect scuff, influenced by scruff (“crust”).
Used in a sentence
“That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.”
“He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home.”
“She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Back of the neck”6 letters
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