Taffn.

Brit.

/taf/, U.S.

/tæf/

Etymology: Shortened < Taffy n.²

= Taffy n.² Occasionally applied also to women.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales

WelshmanOE

WelshlOE

West Britona1387

Britain1516

Briton1583

Walesman1591

flannela1616

Taffy1699

leek1725

Cambrian1780

Welsher1857

Welshy1875

South Walian1894

Taff1929

1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 137 Taff or Taffy, any Welsh seaman, or one with a Welsh surname.

1943 Penguin New Writing 18 27 Taff is an Asdic rating. They work with headphones and they pick up echoes underwater and can get the bearing and distance of the echo and often they can tell if it's a sub or not.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 81 She, Nanny, wasn't too bad: a red-faced, fat but strong-looking woman of about sixty-five or seventy. A Taff all right.

1977 Listener 25 Aug. 235/1 Taffs and Geordies and Scouses who were barely intelligible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taff
释义	Taffn. Brit. /taf/, U.S. /tæf/ Etymology: Shortened < Taffy n.² = Taffy n.² Occasionally applied also to women. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales WelshmanOE WelshlOE West Britona1387 Britain1516 Briton1583 Walesman1591 flannela1616 Taffy1699 leek1725 Cambrian1780 Welsher1857 Welshy1875 South Walian1894 Taff1929 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 137 Taff or Taffy, any Welsh seaman, or one with a Welsh surname. 1943 Penguin New Writing 18 27 Taff is an Asdic rating. They work with headphones and they pick up echoes underwater and can get the bearing and distance of the echo and often they can tell if it's a sub or not. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 81 She, Nanny, wasn't too bad: a red-faced, fat but strong-looking woman of about sixty-five or seventy. A Taff all right. 1977 Listener 25 Aug. 235/1 Taffs and Geordies and Scouses who were barely intelligible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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