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Scuff

noun

A slipper that has no fitting around the heel. Synonym: mule.

The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet).

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"Scuff" Quotes from Famous Books

... the most impressive feature of all, for the crash of avalanches, the rumble of thunder, the diapason of a hundred Niagaras, should have accompanied such appalling phenomena. It seemed odd indeed that the whine of sled runners, the scuff of moccasins, the panting of dogs, should ...

— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach

... or that way, or any way, who's so welcome, Mr John? I envies you; I envies you more than I envies any man. If I could a got him by the scuff of the neck, I'd a treated him jist like any wermin;—I would, indeed! He was wermin! I ollays said it. I hated him ollays! I did indeed, Mr John, from the first moment when he used to be nigging away at them foutry balls, knocking them in ...

— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

Words linked to "Scuff" : wear down, scuffle, shuffle, carpet slipper, wear, kick, scrape, wear off, mule, scratch up, rub, scratch, drag, wipe, slipper, wear out, wear thin, shamble, scuffer