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duff

UK/dʌf/ US/dʌf/ uncommon obsolete slang uk us

noun

1.

a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron

Origin

Uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).

Phrases

  • Duff Hill
  • Duff Islands
  • Duff Peak
  • Duff Point
  • Duff River
  • duff up
  • Duff's device
  • figgy duff

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