cuffer

See also: Cuffer

English

Etymology

From cuff (“discuss; tell a story”) +‎ -er.[1]

Noun

cuffer (plural cuffers)

  1. (informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
    • 2003, Gerald M. Sider, Between History and Tomorrow:
      Those who do not cross this line might have been taken in by the cuffer, at least for a while, or they might just be disagreeing for the sport of it, and the same for those that agree with the storyteller.

References
  1. “cuffer, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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