1821. P. EGAN, Real Life in London, i. 454. ‘Poll,’ says I, ‘hold your LUFF, give us no more patter about this here rum gig.’
2. (nautical).—A lieutenant.
1848. W. E. BURTON, Waggeries and Vagaries, p. 12. The second LUFF, who was in the cutter, ordered us to go ahead.
