"cuffin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌfɪn/ Forms: cuffins [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfɪn Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuffin (plural cuffins)
  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A man. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cuffin-en-noun-8cXSiEkr Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
  2. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cuffin-en-noun-oqU6drUN Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "c. 1607-1610, Ben Jonson, The Roaring Girl\nNo, we scorn to be pure rogues, but if you come to our libken, or our stalling-ken, you shall find neither him nor me a queer cuffin."
        }
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        "(obsolete, thieves' cant) A man."
      ],
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    },
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʌfɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌfɪn"
    }
  ],
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌfɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌfɪn/2 syllables"
  ],
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          "text": "c. 1607-1610, Ben Jonson, The Roaring Girl\nNo, we scorn to be pure rogues, but if you come to our libken, or our stalling-ken, you shall find neither him nor me a queer cuffin."
        }
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        "(obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʌfɪn/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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