off: UK slang?

Ted Jackson jr. TOJACKSO at HAWK.SYR.EDU
Fri Jul 5 11:17:20 EDT 1996


> > Just curious as to the meaning of 'Chuffed?'  I seem to remember
> > Falstaff calling the victims of his raiding party 'ye fat chuffes.'
> > What is a chuff, and what is being chuffed?
> > theo
> >
>
>    In this context it means happy, satisfied or pleased.
>
>   Alternatively there's an expression "tighter than a gnat's chuff",
>  but we won't go into that!
>
>       bye - Rob
I think that second one must be the one Falstaff had in mind?
theo



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