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cuffer v also cuff EDD cuff v 4: cuff over, to cuff a tale D;
O Sup2 cuff v1 4 (1746-). See CUFFER n.
1 To exchange tales.
P 10-57 ~ to
converse, usually about old times. C 66-18 He is o.k. now he has someone to cuffer with.
C 69-2 A whole bunch of us were sitting around cuffering at a friend's house.
2 To vie or compete with others in telling tales.
1966 FARIS 245 When I pointed out to him that some men were not
acknowledged, that some men could not, in essence, 'cuffer,' he replied, 'Only certain
fellers can cuffer—some hands make a good story sound like a lie.' T 410-67 Three or
four of we fellers gets there on the wharf and we cuffs her off; some tells lies and
whoever can tell the biggest one...
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