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pantcuff

pantcuff noun: a cuff at the bottom of a pair of pants.

Noun

pantcuff (plural pantcuffs)

  1. (rare) A cuff at the bottom of a pair of pants.
    • The depressed person confessed that when whatever supportive friend she was sharing with finally confessed that she (i.e., the friend) was dreadfully sorry but there was no helping it she absolutely had to get off the telephone, and had verbally detached the depressed person's needy fingers from...1998 January, David Foster Wallace, “The Depressed Person”, in Harpers Magazine, page 58

Forms of pantcuff

pluralpantcuffs

Origin of pantcuff

From pant + cuff.

Questions about pantcuff

What does pantcuff mean?
Pantcuff means a cuff at the bottom of a pair of pants.
What part of speech is pantcuff?
Pantcuff is a noun.
What is the plural of pantcuff?
The plural of pantcuff is pantcuffs.

Words near pantcuff in the dictionary

  1. pantascope
  2. pantascopes
  3. pantascopic
  4. Pantayin
  5. Pantazis
  6. pantcuff
  7. pantcuffs
  8. pantdress
  9. pantdresses
  10. pantech
  11. pantechnica

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