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uncoffling

uncoffling is the present participle and gerund of uncoffle.

Meaning of uncoffle

Verb

uncoffle (third-person singular simple present uncoffles, present participle uncoffling, simple past and past participle uncoffled)

  1. (transitive) To free from a coffle.
    • A Libyan longing took us, and we would have chosen, if we could, to bear a strand of grotesque beads, or a handful of brazen gauds, and traffic them for some sable maid with crisp locks, whom, uncoffling from the captive train beside the desert, we should make to do our general housework forever...1912, The World's Wit and Humor, page 176

Questions about uncoffling

What is uncoffling the present participle and gerund of?
Uncoffling is the present participle and gerund of uncoffle.

Words near uncoffling in the dictionary

  1. uncoffining
  2. uncoffins
  3. uncoffle
  4. uncoffled
  5. uncoffles
  6. uncoffling
  7. uncogent
  8. uncogged
  9. uncogitable
  10. uncogitated
  11. uncogitating

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