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Cuffee

//ˈkʌfi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Akan.
Noun
  1. 1
    A black person. US, informal

    "The war had turned very bitter, and the days of young blacks, or cuffees as they were known, joining up just to escape the ghetto were over."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Cuffee, a personal name formerly common among black Americans.

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of Akan Kofi, a personal name denoting a boy born on Friday.

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