2. Verb. (third-person singular of buff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buffs
1. buff [v] - See also: buff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffs
Literary usage of Buffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1918)
"See China Correspondent of The Times. Last night, among his fellow roughs, He
jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the buffs, ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1861)
"Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken
private of the buffs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's ..."
3. Literary Readings: An Introduction to the Study of Literature (1903)
"INTRODUCTORY: The Private of the buffs The following, taken from the London Times,
formed the suggestion from which grew The Private of the buffs: "Some ..."
4. History of Maryland: From Its First Settlement in 1634, to the Year 1848 by James McSherry (1849)
"Howard's regiment was received by the buffs, an Irish corps which had just joined
the army; and here the fiercest struggle ensued. Neither would yield : but ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"... of some interest as throwing light on the- definite results already attained
by the accurate methods of analysis. II. " On buffs Experiments on the ..."
6. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry edited by Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig (1905)
"THE PRIVATE OF THE buffs OR, THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA Last night, among his
fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the buffs ..."
Other Resources:
