Cuff

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

Various etymologies: * As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff. * As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff. * As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.

Forms

plural: Cuffs

cue · The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.Cue · A surname.cuff · The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.

Cuff · A surname.

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