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单词 Cuffy
释义 Cuffee, Cuffy U.S. colloq.|ˈkʌfɪ|
Also with lower-case initial.
[A personal name formerly common among Blacks.]
a. A Black person; also used as a generic name.
b. A black bear.
1713S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 386, I press'd him, and came away with some hope; obliged Cuffee to call for him.1824J. Doddridge Notes 21 When the bear approached him, he sprang out and hallooed at him; but cuffee..jumped at him with mouth wide open.1837Southern Lit. Messenger III. 86 The song ceased, and the cuffee advanced in silence.1844‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. 74 Jest as I was a thinking this, the cuffy come into the room.1862‘Artemus Ward’ His Bk. (1865) 61 Praps I'm bearin down too hard upon Cuffy.1959A. Salkey Quality of Violence iv. 65 A friend to Boss-man and cuffee.
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