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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from RUFFLE1

ruff

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes, Biology, Birds
ruff [countable]
1DCC a stiff circular white collar, worn in the 16th century
2HBB a circle of feathers or fur around the neck of an animal or bird
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