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putoffs

putoffs is the plural of putoff.

Meaning of putoff

Noun

putoff (plural putoffs)

  1. An excuse made to delay or stall.
    • I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

Questions about putoffs

What is putoffs the plural of?
Putoffs is the plural of putoff.

Words near putoffs in the dictionary

  1. Putnis
  2. putnisite
  3. Putnoe
  4. puto
  5. putoff
  6. putoffs
  7. putoid
  8. putoids
  9. putois
  10. putonghua
  11. putoo

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