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scoff

[skawf, skof] / skɔf, skɒf /


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Scoff if you must at lounge singers who perform, at times, in venues as modest as a Thai restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Scoff if you must, but I think I’ve just come up with the plot to the next M. Night Shyamalan movie.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2021

“Everybody’s starting to appreciate what a good team we have,” said captain Scoff Arfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2019

Scoff if you like, but several of these movies have already taken their place in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017

Scoff and chafe, Baird, but look at his work. 

From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary




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