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huffcaps

huffcaps is the plural of huffcap.

Meaning of huffcap

Noun

huffcap (countable and uncountable, plural huffcaps)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (obsolete) 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

Questions about huffcaps

What is huffcaps the plural of?
Huffcaps is the plural of huffcap.

Words near huffcaps in the dictionary

  1. huff-snuffs
  2. Huffaker
  3. Huffakers
  4. huffaz
  5. huffcap
  6. huffcaps
  7. huffed
  8. huffed and puffed
  9. huffed off
  10. huffer
  11. huffers

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