cuffern.¹

/ˈkʌfə/

Etymology: < cuff v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. One who cuffs; a boxer, fighter.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > with fists

cuffer1662

fist-fighter1950

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer

buffeter1483

pugil1646

cuffer1662

boxer1672

pugilistc1740

setter-to1810

miller1812

sparrer1814

pet1825

pugilistic1827

slogger1829

fist-mate1834

peeler1852

pug1858

scrapper1874

slugger1877

slogster1881

basher1882

fisticuffer1888

ring man1899

ringster1902

pucker1919

1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 173 That we..be [not] as such cuffers who fight as it were with their shadow.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xi. 287 Pollux good Cuffer, Castor Cavalier.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 213 I, like those Wrestlers and Cuffers, fight in very good earnest.

†b. humorously. The fist. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Amphitryon i. i, in tr. Plautus Comedies 18 Mercury (Holding up his Fist). Rogue, look to yourself. Socia. You may act, Sir, as you please, as long as you are so plaguely arm'd with those Cuffers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

cuffern.²

Forms: Also cuffa.

Etymology: < cuff v.¹ 4 + -er suffix¹.

dialect or slang.

A yarn or story.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun]

spellc888

triflea1250

talea1325

vanity1340

a tale of waltrot1377

fablec1384

niflec1395

triflerya1400

truffc1430

jest1488

winter's talec1555

winter story1646

galley-packet1786

galley-yarn1874

cuffer1887

ploda1903

scuttlebutt yarn1918

just-so story1922

1887 J. Farrell How he Died 65 You made me start to pitch you this most interesting cuffer.

1895 P. H. Emerson Marsh Leaves 156 He'll spin up a rare cuffa along with old Jenks.

1899 F. T. Bullen Idylls of Sea xxv. 219 The time-honoured ‘cuffer’ or yarn was going its soothing round.

1923 Blackwood's Mag. May 661/1 There's plenty of cuffers, as they're called, about mermaids, phantom ships, dripping corpses, and such like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cuffer
释义	cuffern.¹ /ˈkʌfə/ Etymology: < cuff v.¹ + -er suffix¹. a. One who cuffs; a boxer, fighter. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > with fists cuffer1662 fist-fighter1950 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 173 That we..be [not] as such cuffers who fight as it were with their shadow. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xi. 287 Pollux good Cuffer, Castor Cavalier. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 213 I, like those Wrestlers and Cuffers, fight in very good earnest. †b. humorously. The fist. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Amphitryon i. i, in tr. Plautus Comedies 18 Mercury (Holding up his Fist). Rogue, look to yourself. Socia. You may act, Sir, as you please, as long as you are so plaguely arm'd with those Cuffers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cuffern.² Forms: Also cuffa. Etymology: < cuff v.¹ 4 + -er suffix¹. dialect or slang. A yarn or story. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] spellc888 triflea1250 talea1325 vanity1340 a tale of waltrot1377 fablec1384 niflec1395 triflerya1400 truffc1430 jest1488 winter's talec1555 winter story1646 galley-packet1786 galley-yarn1874 cuffer1887 ploda1903 scuttlebutt yarn1918 just-so story1922 1887 J. Farrell How he Died 65 You made me start to pitch you this most interesting cuffer. 1895 P. H. Emerson Marsh Leaves 156 He'll spin up a rare cuffa along with old Jenks. 1899 F. T. Bullen Idylls of Sea xxv. 219 The time-honoured ‘cuffer’ or yarn was going its soothing round. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. May 661/1 There's plenty of cuffers, as they're called, about mermaids, phantom ships, dripping corpses, and such like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1662n.²1887
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