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
I thought an Elizabethan ruff would be really cool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Her lizard dæmon acquired a ruff and raised it slowly around his neck.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
