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cuffins

cuffins is the plural of cuffin.

Meaning of cuffin

Noun

cuffin (plural cuffins)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A man.
    • No, we scorn to be pure rogues, but if you come to our libken, or our stalling-ken, you shall find neither him nor me a queer cuffin.c. 1607-1610, Ben Jonson, The Roaring Girl
  2. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace.
    Synonyms:
    queer cuffin

Questions about cuffins

What is cuffins the plural of?
Cuffins is the plural of cuffin.

Words near cuffins in the dictionary

  1. cuffing out
  2. cuffing season
  3. cuffing seasons
  4. cuffing up
  5. cuffings
  6. cuffins
  7. cuffless
  8. cufflessness
  9. Cuffley
  10. cufflike
  11. cufflink

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