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Old 01-12-2006, 10:41 AM
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Re: A Ruff Question

Seems the word ‘Ruff’ as in collar, comes from the word Ruffle, so the bird may have been named after the collar rather than the collar after the bird. Just depends how long the birds name Ruff has been in use.

Some info here:

Ruff (clothing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Ruff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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