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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. |