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scufter
(
plural
scufters
)
(
UK
,
North Country
,
dated
,
slang
)
A
policeman
.
1947
, Robert Briffault,
New Life of Mr. Martin
, page
56
:
Nothing like being dead for putting the
scufters
off the scent.
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John Camden Hotten (
1873
)
The Slang Dictionary
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