† huffern.
Obsolete. † b. A quadruped: ? a kind of skunk. Obsolete.
a. A boastful, swaggering, hectoring person.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
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swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
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tisty-tosty1598
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huff-muff1602
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blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
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bravado1643
Hector1655
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huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
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Draw can bully1698
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Bobadil1771
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sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 205 To be expos'd in th' end to suffer, By such a Braggadochio Huffer.
1664 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 9 Because he knew them Huffers.
1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer iii. xxxvi. 453 He was no Huffer nor Contender, but of an exceeding peaceable and amicable Spirit.
a1797 W. Mason Ode to Pinchback (R.) No longer, England, shalt thou dread Such Presbyterian huffers.
1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 118 When our generals play the..cowards, as the greatest huffers among them will do at times.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mephitis (skunk)
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mouffette1774
stinking polecat1791
mephitic weasel1827
essence-peddler1838
zorrino1885
skunklet1888
wood-pussy1899
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > quadruped
quadruped1607
quadrupedal1648
huffer1729
four-footer1906
1729 Wood's Voy. 96 A little creature with a bushy tail, which we called a Huffer, because when he sets sight on you he stands vapouring and patting with his fore feet upon the ground.
Draft additions September 2006
Chiefly U.S. (originally slang). A person who (habitually) inhales the fumes from a volatile substance, an aerosol, etc., in order to become intoxicated. Frequently with prefixed noun specifying the substance used. Cf. huff v. Additions.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > by sniffing
sniffer1920
huffer1969
1969 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 ii. 8 Huffer, a person who sniffs glue. High school students, both sexes, Colorado.
1970 Crime & Delinquency 16 5 Gasoline sniffers (‘huffers’) more frequently sniff directly from automobile tanks, lawn mower tanks, and other direct sources.
1991 B. Sterling Jim & Irene in Globalhead (1994) 70 Glue huffers or winos or something, dirty black hair sticking up all over their heads.
2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 113 Kids and adults inhale Lysol, glues and gas. But once a known drinker or huffer is refused these products, he or she..asks a friend to buy it.
2006 Village Voice 18 Jan. 28/3 A 41-year-old spray-paint huffer with his face still half coated in glittery gold.
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