"taff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæf/ Audio: En-au-taff.ogg [Australia] Forms: taffs [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd, with the change of /d/ to /t/ perhaps influenced by the river name Taff. All of Welsh origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|cy|-}} Welsh Head templates: {{en-noun}} taff (plural taffs)
  1. (slang) A Welshman. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-taff-en-noun-Bs8kTCdR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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