huff-cap
huff-cap is the alternative form of huffcap.
Meaning of huffcap
Noun
huffcap (countable and uncountable, plural huffcaps)
- Strong ale.
- To quench the scorching heat of our parched throtes, with the best nippitatum in this toun, which is commonly called huffcap, it will make a man look as though he had seen the devil, and quickly move him to call his own father whoreson.1576, Ulpian Fulwell, Ars adulandi, or, The Art of Flattery
- A bully or blusterer.
- I am with child, till I behold this huff-cap.1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act 5, scene 3; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 78
Forms of huff-cap
| plural | huff-caps |
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Questions about huff-cap
- What is huff-cap the alternative form of?
- Huff-cap is the alternative form of huffcap.
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