scruff

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Keepers at Wildwood taught him key bear behaviours and began integrating him with Fluff and Scruff, who had been rescued from horrific conditions in a Bulgarian hunting facility.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Scruff had effectively chosen Marshall as his owner when he sat on her lap at an animal shelter, her step-grandmother said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

But in Christian’s experience, it’s tough to find a date with real relationship potential through apps like Grindr and Scruff; he’s also tried Match, but no luck there, either.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

The two men met in September 2017 through the dating app Scruff, and had their first date at Rendezvous, a restaurant in Harlem, where both lived.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

“No doubt Scruff bit him pretty well, and he has scared himself into the belief that the dog was mad.”

From To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze by Hardy, Paul