guffyn.
/ˈɡʌfi/ A sailor's name for a soldier.
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1882 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise I. vii. 147 There aint an oncleanlier man than the guffy.
1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Guffy, a soldier.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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