Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Surliness; churlishness; boorishness.
- noun Chubbiness; plumpness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being chuffy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
chuffy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rejoiced was I that my sisters should have this glimpse of her, and off we drove to her; but I must own that we were disappointed in this visit, for there was a sort of _chuffiness_, and a sawdust kind of unconnected cutshortness in her manner, which we could not like.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Toronto Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Toronto Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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