colloq. = LIEUTENANT.

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1836.  E. Howard, R. Reefer, xxxiii. The Hon. Mr. B., our junior luff.

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1898.  Westm. Gaz., 17 Oct., 2/3. The future ‘Luffs’—in other words, the naval cadets at Dartmouth—are to be reduced in point of numbers.

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