Obs. exc. dial. [Belongs to CHUFF sb.1 In Parish and Shaw, Kentish Dial., 1887, this and the prec. are distinguished as choff and chuff.] Surly, churlish; gruff, stern, morose.

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1832.  G. Downes, Lett. Cont. Countries, I. 289. Like a British sea-captain, rough, chuff, and headstrong,—but withal fair and honourable.

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a. 1859.  L. Hunt, Robin Hood, Poet. Wks. (1860), 149. Pure venison and good ale or wine, Except when luck was chuff.

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1864.  Capern, Devon Provinc., Chuff, churlish, surly.

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1880.  W. Cornwall Gloss., Chuff, sullen, sulky.

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1887.  Kentish Dial., Choff, stern, morose.

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1888.  Elworthy, W. Somerset Wordbk., Chuff, surly in manner, boorish, brusque, stiff and unbending.

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