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Oofy

//ˈuːfi// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy. British, dated, slang

    "How lucky for me she never can have heard of the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?"

Etymology

From oof + -y. Oof is a clipping of ooftish, from Yiddish אויפֿן טיש (oyfn tish, “on the table”) in the phrase געלט אויפֿן טיש (gelt oyfn tish, “money on the table”).

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