scufflern.1
/ˈskʌflə/ 1. One who scuffles.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights
fighterc1300
viragoa1387
barratora1400
combatant1489
combater1598
viragoa1616
scuffler1633
blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800
scrapper1874
fightist1877
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]
thief688
bribera1387
stealer1508
taker?a1513
goodfellow1566
snatcher1575
lift1591
liftera1592
larcin1596
Tartar1602
lime-twig1606
outparter1607
Tartarian1608
flick1610
puggard1611
gilt1620
nim1630
highwayman1652
cloyer1659
out-trader1660
Robin Goodfellow1680
birdlime1705
gyp1728
filch1775
kiddy1780
snaveller1781
larcenist1803
pincher1814
geach1821
wharf-rat1823
toucher1837
larcener1839
snammer1839
drummer1856
gun1857
forker1867
gunsmith1869
nabber1880
thiever1899
tea-leaf1903
gun moll1908
nicker1909
knocker-off1926
possum1945
scuffler1961
rip-off1969
1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iii. iv. F 2 b Fid. Ile belabour you the next time I meet you. Cap. What Scufler, dost thou thinke ile faile my friends? No Hector I scorne it.
1642 Tom Nash his Ghost (title page) To the three scurvy Fellowes of the upstart Family of the Snufflers, Rufflers and Shufflers; the thrice Treble-troublesome Scufflers in the Church and State.
1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk x. 215 A scuffler is a thief.
1965 ‘H. Williamson’ Hustler! vi. 169 He said he was a hustler, but he really wasn't nothin' but a goddamn scuffler.
2. One who rakes out small coal and stone in a colliery. Also scuffer, scuppler.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 042 Cleaner;..scuffer, scuffler, scuppler; rakes small coal or stone..out of groove cut by coal cutting machine, and loads into tubs or throws back into goaf.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
scufflern.2
/ˈskʌflə/ a. An agricultural implement for scarifying and stirring the surface of the ground, esp. between the rows of crops; a horse-hoe.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > hoe for between rows of crops
scuffler1794
scuffle1798
Spanish hoe1822
Vernon hoe1855
1794 J. Billingsley Gen. View Agric. Somerset 163 I verily think, that his [Rev. J. Cooke's] instruments called the scuffler, and scarifier, are the best contrivances I ever beheld,..for the pulverization of the soil, and the destruction of weeds.
1891 Times 5 Oct. 3/2 The best remedies for the pest..being nitrate of soda..and the use of scufflers, or of horse-hoes.
b. Each of the scuffling coulters of a scuffler.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > hoe for between rows of crops > part of
scuffler1844
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 959 In returning it to the double mould-board state, it is only necessary to remove the scufflers and the feathered share.
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