shuff v [phonetics unavailable]. Cp OED shove, var shuff (16-18th c);
EDD ~ v. To push, shove (1924 ENGLAND 320).
T 185-65 You
take 'em an' shuff ['em] on, out birdin', out sealin'; used to always wear swanskin
cuffs. T 141/59-652 There's a ladder there, an' we sticks up the ladder an'
shuffed up the trap hatch an' gets up in the top loft. T 143-652 So he
shuffed alongside and hove aboard a line. 1966 SCAMMELL 39 Lige, hold your prate and
shuff her off. Heave the wheel, Andrew. Take the tiller, Sid, I've got to whip them new
buoy ropes.
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