slang. [Cf. CUFFIN, CHUFF1.] A contemptuous term for an old man; esp. a miserly old fellow.

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1616.  R. C., Times’ Whistle, IV. 1255. Some rich cuffe.

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a. 1700.  B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, A pleasant Old Cuff, a frolicksom old Fellow.

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1725.  Bailey, Erasm. Colloq. (1877), 371 (D.). Gi. I boarded with Antronius. Ja. What with that rich old cuff?

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1760.  Colman, Polly Honeycombe, iii. Ten to one the old cuff may not stay with her.

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