(also US?) - unkempt, disreputable

shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

The name I have given to the only gray jay who looks sufficiently different so that I can distinguish him (or her) from the many others who come around. Scruffy has had some obvious health or developmental problems that he has courageously overcome. I give him special attention. Here's a picture of Scruffy.

A term referring primarily to an old, worn out flat brush that has "sprung" and lost it's chisel.

a side bet in which a golfer, after hitting his drive, wagers that he will