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Definition: CUFFY |
CUFFYNoun1. A name for a negro. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cuffy A negro; both a generic word and proper name. "Sambo and Cuffey expand under every sky." - Mrs. Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cuffy (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guyana | Guyana achieved independence in May 1966, and became a republic on February 23, 1970--the anniversary of the Cuffy slave rebellion. (references) |
Human Rights | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The police asserted that Cuffy had a shotgun in his possession. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | On April 1, police shot and killed Andrew Cuffy when he attempted to flee from a shop in Barrouallie. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CUFFY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cuffy | Last name | 100 | 73,902 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuffy | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "CUFFY" (pronounced 'Cuf"fy'): jiffy, squiffy, taffy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-f-u-y" | |
-1 letter: cuff. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-f-u-y" | |
+1 letter: chuffy. | |
+2 letters: scruffy. | |
+3 letters: fructify. | |
+4 letters: affluency, scruffily. | |
+5 letters: difficulty, fancifully, forcefully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 55 46 46 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. ..- ..-. ..-. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010101 01000110 01000110 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C U F F Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0055 0046 0046 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3755404059 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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