"in the buff" meaning in English

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        "(idiomatic, informal) Nude."
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "heilt nakin"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "spilnakin"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "nude",
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          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "à poil"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "nude",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "völlig nackig"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "splitterfasernackt"
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          "roman": "gólyj",
          "sense": "nude",
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          "word": "го́лый"
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          "roman": "nagój",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "наго́й"
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          "roman": "obnažónnyj",
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          "word": "обнажённый"
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          "roman": "golyšóm",
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          "word": "голышо́м"
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          "roman": "v čom matʹ rodilá",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "в чём мать родила́"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "nude",
          "word": "en pelotas"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "heilt nakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "spilnakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "blóðnakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "à poil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "en coiros"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "völlig nackig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "splitterfasernackt"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gólyj",
      "sense": "nude",
      "tags": [
        "adjectival"
      ],
      "word": "го́лый"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagój",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "наго́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnažónnyj",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "обнажённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golyšóm",
      "sense": "nude",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ],
      "word": "голышо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v čom matʹ rodilá",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "в чём мать родила́"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nude",
      "word": "en pelotas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in the buff"
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