2 clothes that are not formal or suitable for work or special occasions, especially old or worn clothes:
I did not know it but what may start in the scruff of the neck may end up anywhere.
Most of the disabled take life by the scruff of the neck.
Apparently, the new technology which has been suggested involves a chip in the scruff of the neck of the dog, but the technology has not yet been perfected.
Constables would grab hold of demonstrators by an arm or leg, or by the scruff of the neck, and drag them at the double the full length of the square.
You may take the working man—he may be a wretched waiter—and collar him by the scruff of the neck and put him in an internment camp.
He took the race by the scruff of the neck.
Cats with the condition can not be grasped by the scruff, as this may tear away.
Scruff first appears in season 14 and has appeared in seasons 15, 16 and 17.
