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Definition of Pluff
1. v. t. To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.
2. n. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.
Definition of Pluff
1. Noun. A puff of smoke ¹
2. Verb. To dust or to puff with smoke ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pluff
1. to puff [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: puff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluff
Literary usage of Pluff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"The Ballad of Doc pluff DOCTOR FLUFF, who lived in Cornville, he was hearty,
brisk, and bluff, Didn't have much extry knowledge, but in some ways knowed ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... when I spoke to her — saying, ' A bit pluff with the box there, on the left
curls/ (in the way of a parenthesis,) — wouldna feel ..."
3. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1876)
"pluff tried. His heart beat, and his head was dizzy, when he found himself first
in the ... And, when pluff could fly quite well, Duff could not fly at all. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"An old turnip is said to be pluff. "How are 'e to-day?" is often answered, "rather
pluff." The fur of a hare or rabbit is also called its pluff. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To pluff, va 1. To throw out smoke in quick and successive whiffs, 8. Feuch, synon.
Z. Boyd. ... To pluff avia', ». n. To set fire to suddenly, S.; as, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"It 'ill mak л brew pluff o' tlute fine squibs o' pow- ther." Tennant's Card. ...
S. "The goat took his head, and he went oat of the world like a pluff of ..."
7. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To pluff, va 1. To throw out smoke in quick and successive whiffs, S. Feuch, ...
To throw out hair powder in dressing the hair, S. To pluff, vn To puff ..."
8. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"An old turnip is said to be pluff. " How are 'e to-day P " is often answered, "
rather pluff" The fur of a hare or rabbit is also called its pluff. ..."
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