Meanings
scarfy1
comparative more scarfy · superlative most scarfy
- informalResembling or involving a scarf.
a scarfy shawl
2 more examples
It came with a Free Gift! A silk neck scarf in emerald green that Dawn knew she'd tuck away as a keepsake but never wear. She wasn't a scarfy sort of person.
2009, Eleanor Thom, The Tin-Kin, London: Duckworth Overlook, →ISBN, page 118The next one who came too close to the alley was for Gua Gua. Kind of a badly shaven PLO sympathizer guy with a— What's that word for the Yasser Arafat scarfy thing? I don't know.
2014, Christopher Buehlman, The Lesser Dead, New York N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 157
scarfy2
comparative more scarfy · superlative most scarfy
- archaicArchaic form of scurfy.
Pigs kept in close quarters may have fair general health, and yet have a scarfy skin, especially on the back, which will leave them when well cared for and allowed more range.
1861, The Homestead, page 368
Origin
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