scruffy

There are photos of what looks like a scruffy Californian kid in a T-shirt, taking a break from skateboarding.

He looks like a dog from an Eastern European circus: a small, scruffy dog who you could imagine balancing on a red ball.

When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.

As for Big Bird, Sesame Street should restore the creature to its scruffy perfection no matter who wins the election.