1803 W. Bingley III. 516 The Cuttle-fish tribe.
1812 J. Smyth ii. 68 Cuttle Bones, produced by the Sepia or Cuttle Fish.
1889 4 Dec. 2/2 To enter into a dispute..with such a cuttle-fish controversialist.
1891 R. Kipling 18 Is he trying to run a motion through under cover of a cloud of words, essaying the well-known ‘cuttle-fish trick’ of the West?