"cuffee" meaning in All languages combined

See cuffee on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌfi/ Forms: cuffees [plural]
Etymology: A personal name formerly common among black Americans. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuffee (plural cuffees)
  1. (US, informal) A black person. Tags: US, informal Synonyms: cuffy
    Sense id: en-cuffee-en-noun-PG6l68SO Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "A personal name formerly common among black Americans.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuffees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cuffee (plural cuffees)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:",
          "text": "The war had turned very bitter, and the days of young blacks, or cuffees as they were known, joining up just to escape the ghetto were over.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black person."
      ],
      "id": "en-cuffee-en-noun-PG6l68SO",
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal) A black person."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cuffy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌfi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuffee"
}
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  "etymology_text": "A personal name formerly common among black Americans.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuffees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cuffee (plural cuffees)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:",
          "text": "The war had turned very bitter, and the days of young blacks, or cuffees as they were known, joining up just to escape the ghetto were over.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black person."
      ],
      "links": [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal) A black person."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌfi/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cuffy"
    }
  ],
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}

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