putoff

See also: put off

English

Etymology

Deverbal from put off.

Noun

putoff (plural putoffs)

1. An excuse made to delay or stall.
   • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:

     I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”

Anagrams

• off-put, offput