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cuff
1. n. (obsolete) glove; mitten
2. n. the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
3. n. the end of a pants leg, folded up
4. v. To furnish with cuffs.
5. v. To handcuff.
6. v. To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
7. v. (intransitive) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
8. v. To buffet.
9. n. A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
10. n. (Scotland) The scruff of the neck.

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I wouldn't know what to do with cuff links if they gave them to me.

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