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buff
noun- an enthusiast, especially a knowledgable enthusiast, a specialist US, 1903
Originally “an enthusiast about going to fires”, Webster, 1934, from the buff uniform of New York’s volunteer firemen. The sense has gradually generalised until the field of interest has, in all cases, to be specified. - a fart UK, 1965 Echoic.
- a workout with weights US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 28, 1989
- a water buffalo US
- He called Quinn and told him to put the buff out of its misery and take the farmer’s name so the Army could pay him back. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 97, 1977
- The Vietnamese used the buffs for pulling plows and carts. — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 555, 1990
- a graffiti-cleaning machine used on subway cars US
- They were a good place on which to practice and in periods when the “buff” was operating they presented a convenient alternative to the trains. — Henry Chalfant, Spraycan Art, p. 8, 1987
▶ in the buff
naked UK, 1602- He thought about what was bothering him. And it wasn’t that some gazoony had snapped his picture in the buff or that somebody had taken a couple of shots at Nell. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 247, 1987
- Garry, my friend, no bugger robs pipes in the buff. — The Full Monty, 1997
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