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CUFFY

Definition: CUFFY

CUFFY

Noun

1. A name for a negro.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"CUFFY" is a common misspelling or typo for: Chuffy, Coffee, Cuff, Cuffs.


Specialty Definition: CUFFY

DomainDefinition

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.

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Modern Usage: CUFFY

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Cuffy (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CUFFY

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Name Usage Frequency: CUFFY

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
CuffyLast name10073,902
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CUFFY

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cuffy

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "CUFFY"

Words rhyming with "CUFFY" (pronounced 'Cuf"fy'): jiffy, squiffy, taffy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CUFFY

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CUFFY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 55 46 46 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ..-    ..-.    ..-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01010101 01000110 01000110 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#85 &#70 &#70 &#89

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3755404059

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INDEX

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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