ruff
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Fitzjohn's Primary School in Hampstead was also shortlisted with the joke: "Gnasher tried to open a store. Business was ruff!"
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
It can be ruff for some postal workers — especially when they’re dealing with dogs in California.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
Soften the edges of the planting with a ruff of Japanese forest grass.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Its enormous fur collar framed her face like some kind of modern-day ruff and gave her presence heightened significance.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Nearly Headless Nick chortled so much that his ruff slipped and his head flopped off, dangling on the inch or so of ghostly skin and muscle that still attached it to his neck.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
