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scarfy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From scarf + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or involving a scarf.
   • The next one who came too close to the alley was for Gua Gua. Kind of a badly shaven PLO sympathizer guy with a— What's that word for the Yasser Arafat scarfy thing? I don't know. 2014, Christopher Buehlman, The Lesser Dead, New York N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 157:
   • a scarfy shawl
   • It came with a Free Gift! A silk neck scarf in emerald green that Dawn knew she'd tuck away as a keepsake but never wear. She wasn't a scarfy sort of person. 2009, Eleanor Thom, The Tin-Kin, London: Duckworth Overlook, →ISBN, page 118:

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scarfy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of scurfy.
   alt of scurfy
   • Pigs kept in close quarters may have fair general health, and yet have a scarfy skin, especially on the back, which will leave them when well cared for and allowed more range. 1861, The Homestead, page 368:

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