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Huffcap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Strong ale. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "To quench the scorching heat of our parched throtes, with the best nippitatum in this toun, which is commonly called huffcap, it will make a man look as though he had seen the devil, and quickly move him to call his own father whoreson."

  2. 2
    A bully or blusterer. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "I am with child, till I behold this huff-cap."

Etymology

From huff + cap. The ale is called this "because it induced people to set their caps in a bold huffing fashion."

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