loffe

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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loffe f

  1. plural of loffa

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From English loaf.

Verb

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loffe (present tense loffar, past tense loffa, past participle loffa, passive infinitive loffast, present participle loffande, imperative loffe/loff)

  1. (intransitive) to loaf, do nothing in particular
    • before 1790, variant lyrics of "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe", printed in Infant Institutes (1790) and quoted by Ralph N. James, "Nursery Rhymes", Notes and Queries, 5th s., no. 3 (5 June 1875), p. 441:
      Then out went th’ old woman to bespeak ’em a coffin,
      And when she came back, she found ’em all a-loffeing.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English luff.

Verb

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loffe (present tense loffar, past tense loffa, past participle loffa, passive infinitive loffast, present participle loffande, imperative loffe/loff)

  1. (nautical, transitive, intransitive) to luff

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