See oof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch V.C. (archive.org ebook), page 232",
"text": "“Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)\n“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is."
},
{
"ref": "1900, Harry B. Norris (lyrics and music), “Burlington Bertie”:",
"text": "Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay\nHe rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way\nHe spends the good oof that his pater has made\nAlong with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1911–1912, published 1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale, book 2, chapter 10 (Gutenberg ebook, archive.org ebook)",
"text": "What's he after? Oof—oof—oof, that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich."
},
{
"ref": "1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:",
"text": "Chuffy: It's on a knife edge at the moment, Bertie. If he can get planning permission, old Stoker's going to take this heap off my hands in return for vast amounts of oof.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Money."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, slang, dated) Money."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"dated",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/uːf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ūf",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/uf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-oof.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/En-au-oof.ogg/En-au-oof.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/En-au-oof.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊf"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "money"
}
],
"word": "oof"
}
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