cuffee

In a word, Joseph had the same taste for a full-blooded _cuffee_, that an epicure has for the _haut gout_ of a stale partridge, and was in ecstasies at my extrication.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

The song ceased, and cuffee advanced in silence, but with a heavy swinging step, that rung audibly on the hard ground.

The Partisan Leader: A Novel... 1862

"Cool off, cuffee; I was only joking with you," continued Dock, with a mighty effort to laugh.

Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World Oliver Optic 1859

The police officers are cracking the crowns of the obstreperous lads, trying to force their way in; while the white teeth of a grinning cuffee or two might be seen shining from every tree in the neighborhood, staring with all their eyes, to see they knew not what.

The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion. 1845

I says 'captain, I don't care 'bout havin' my head shot off of my shoulders; I'm big cuffee 'nough now!'

Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross 1839

Captain met me one day in the street, and says he, 'nig, if you'd only gone with me, you'd a been as big a cuffee now as any on' em. '

Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross 1839

"Hark ye, cuffee; go bring out the pedler's horse, saddle him with my saddle which lies in the gallery, bring him to the tree, and, look ye, make no noise about it, you scoundrel, as you value your ears."

Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia William Gilmore Simms 1838

"Well, cuffee, the old man's in hockley by this time; and when we march him off in the morning, you will have nobody to stop you.

The Partisan Leader: A Novel... 1862