"countercuff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: countercuffs [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + cuff (“blow, hit”), first used in the title of the 1589 polemical tract A Countercuffe giuen to Martin Iunior by the pseudonymous "venturuous, hardie, and renowned" Cavaliero Pasquill. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|counter|cuff|t2=blow, hit}} counter- + cuff (“blow, hit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} countercuff (plural countercuffs)
  1. (rare, archaic) A polemical response. Tags: archaic, rare

Inflected forms

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