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coffles

coffles is the plural of coffle.

Meaning of coffle

Noun

coffle (plural coffles)

  1. A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves.
    • The people of the coffle spent the day in drying such articles as were wet, and in cleaning ten pairs of ornamented pistols with shea-butter.1816, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

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Questions about coffles

What is coffles the plural of?
Coffles is the plural of coffle.

Words near coffles in the dictionary

  1. coffinmaking
  2. coffins
  3. coffinsful
  4. coffle
  5. coffled
  6. coffles
  7. coffling
  8. Coffman
  9. Coffmans
  10. coffolate
  11. coffre

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