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▪ I. oof slang.|uːf|
[Understood to be short for oof-tish, Yiddish for Ger. auf tische, i.e. auf dem tische ‘on the table’, i.e. (money) laid on the table, (money) down; cf. Ger. auftischen to table.]
Money. Also in the fuller form ˈooftish. Hence oof-bird, a source or supplier of money, ‘the goose that lays the golden eggs’; ˈoofiness, wealth; ˈoofless a., without cash; ˈooflessness, lack of cash; ˈoofy a., wealthy.
[1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. viii. 170 ‘It will be too lovely—too utterly ouftish’, exclaimed Dopsy, who had lately acquired this last flower of speech.] 1885Sporting Times 28 Feb. 1/1 The subject of oof is enough to interest anybody. [With Cockney pun on 'oof = hoof.] 1888Rider Haggard Col. Quaritch xxviii, Living like a fighting-cock and rolling in ‘oof’. Ibid. II. xiv, ‘Is he an oof bird?’ (rich) ‘Rather’, answered the Tiger. 1888Bird o' Freedom 10 Oct. 5/2 When Jack is on the spree His love may be termed free, And the tarts will oofless be Till his ship comes back. 1889E. Dowson Let. 18 Jan. (1967) 26, I shall be very oofless tho' & must I fear be a Pinolitic pittite on the occasion. Ibid. 17 Mar. (1967) 50, I foresee great—great—ooflessness—as the result of this week—much dissipation. 1891Daily News 21 Dec., ‘I would commit any crime for oof.’ 1892J. W. Pearce in Mod. Society 16 Jan., ‘Oof’ as a current pseudonym for money has been in use for about seven years, but ‘ooftish’, which also is Whitechapel slang for coin of the realm, has been in use in England over thirty years. 1894I. Zangwill King of Schnorrers 249 No treasury..no oof, rhino, shiners, coin, cash, salary. 1896Blackw. Mag. Dec. 727 My oofy maiden-aunt. 1899Fryers Pauper Millionaire 157 ‘What is oof?’ ‘Oof? Why ooftish, posh, money.’ 1899A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 33 Ooftish. 1935Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvii. 211 His amazing oofiness had a tendency to slip from the mind.
▪ II. oof
obs. form of woof.
▪ III. oof
var. ouf, ouff int. |