cuff

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  1. noun A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
  2. noun A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
  3. noun The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.

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  • Given that the watch (just revealed enough to identify what is supposed to be a super-premium aviation model), cuff, and sleeve are so perfectly coordinated, how exactly are we supposed to believe that the totally paperless and totally spotless desk (sound familiar Made-off fans?), the tidy volumes, the oh-so-casually missing tie, the family picture and the charts in the background are anything but contrived? —  Dealbreaker
  • No longer will you raise your arm to look at your watch, your cuff will be a printed map. —  OpenGeoData
  • Damage to the rotator cuff, a term given to the group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder, can lead to tendonitis and muscle tears. —  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source
  • The zipper pulls also hang from the sleeve cuff, which is slightly unusual but will probably be welcomed by those who aren't fond of the hook-and-loop fastener normally used on sleeve cuffs. —  webBikeWorld.com
  • "Off the cuff is the best way to describe it," says Darrin Hensley, a professional stand-up comedian and Extra Crispy member. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
 

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

sleeve ·  trouser ·  scarf ·  waistcoat ·  vest ·  stocking ·  sash ·  apron ·  cravat ·  slipper ·  skirt ·  breech

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cuff:   cuffs
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English cuffe, mitten.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. apparently from Swedish kuffa, thrust, push, said to be freq. of kufva, subdue, suppress, cow: see cow.
  2. from cuff, v.
  3. Early modern English cuffe, from Middle English cuffe, coffe, a glove or mitten, prob. from Anglo-Saxon cuffic, found once in sense of ‘hood’ or ‘cap,’ from Middle Latin cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia, later also Italian cuffia = French coiffe, etc., a cap, coif: see coif.
  4. Scots, cited by Jamieson from Galt; perhaps for scruff, confused with cuff.
 

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