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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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(Scoffer,) Scuffer, n. [Scoff v. Cf. e.m.E. scoffer (Malory).] A mocker or scoffer. —c1590 Fowler I 115/92.
Diogenes I also spyed, … a scuffer in his bwrdis