cuffee

See also: Cuffee

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

A personal name formerly common among black Americans.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌfi/

Noun

cuffee (plural cuffees)

  1. (US, informal) A black person.
    • 2004, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:
      The war had turned very bitter, and the days of young blacks, or cuffees as they were known, joining up just to escape the ghetto were over.

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary: listed under cove.
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