"putoff" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Deverbal from put off",
      "name": "deverbal"
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from put off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "putoffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”",
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        "An excuse made to delay or stall."
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        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ],
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          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "stall",
          "stall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "putoff"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from put off",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from put off.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”",
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        "An excuse made to delay or stall."
      ],
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          "stall",
          "stall"
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  "word": "putoff"
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