See also: Taff

English

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Etymology

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Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd.

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Noun

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taff (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) A Welshman.

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French

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Noun

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taff m (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of taf
    Je cherche un nouveau taff
    I’m looking for a new job.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (good, cool, well-dressed), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, good). Compare Dutch tof and English toff.

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Adjective

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taff (strong nominative masculine singular taffer, comparative taffer, superlative am taffsten)

  1. (colloquial) tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted
    Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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