verb
Meaning 1
To buy, purchase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coff
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/kɒf/
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/kɔf/
verb
Meaning 2
Eye dialect spelling of cough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen.
See cough