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cuff
noun
a prostitute viewed as the possession of a pimp US- In the early morning dark, Twilight found himself anointing his latest cuff in the dim lights of his back room — Tracy Funches, Pimpnosis, p. 106, 2002
▶ off the cuff
unrehearsed, improvised US, 1938
From the discreet aide-memoire some performers or speakers jot on their cuffs.- [C]onsidering his personal record for acting off the cuff. — The Sweeney, p. 51, 1976
▶ on the cuff- on credit US, 1927
- [A]rrangers worked for us on the cuff[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 288, 1946
- — Arnold Shaw, Lingo of Tin-Pan Alley, p. 10, 1950
- A shrewdie can live here forever on the cuff. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 277, 1951
- Look, boys, I’m a little short. You don’t mind putting this one on the cuff, do you? You know I’m good for it. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 76, 1953
- When asked for a shot on the cuff he would answer reflectively, “I wouldn’t want such a good-lookin’ girl like you to be goin’ down State Street thirsty.” — Nelson Algren, The Neon Wilderness, pp. 97–98, 1960
- He’s got the capital, he can let you ride on the cuff a little while. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 244, 1977
- You owe me folding, plus the juice. When you are on the cuff you speak to me. You hide, you only make it worse. — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 10, 1997
- admitted to a theatre without paying for a ticket US
- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 64, 1973
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