Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lout; a coward. [Scotch.]
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- noun Scotland An idiot, or fool.
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Examples
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An O for, &c. Theyll hae me wed a wealthy coof, 15
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A lord, no doubt, may be a "birkie" and a "coof," but may not a ploughman be so too?
Robert Burns John Campbell Shairp 1852
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Based on "The Bard's Song" in "The Jolly Beggars" RW glossary: aboon: above bear the gree: Take first place, be foremost birkie: person coof: fool, idle/worthless fellow fa ': fault gowd: gold hamely: homely, humble hoddin grey: coarse wool mauna: must not
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Guelf. legit corrupte etiam tempus horrebat, difi* De diipofitione ilia aciei coof.
Panegyrici veteres qvos ex codice ms. librisqve collatis recensvit ae notis integris iisqve partim ad hve ineditis Christiani Gottlibii Schwarzii et excerptis aliorvm additis etiam svis instrvxit et illvstravit Wolfgangvs Iaegervs .. Schwarz, Christian Gottlieb, 1675-1751 1779
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It’s not my lord’s fault if she’s stupid enough to stand out in the rain like a coof.
My Devilish Scotsman Jen Holling 2005
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He's but a coof [Footnote: fool (pronounce like German _o_ or
Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter
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D'ye see him, Wullie? the great coof has ma coat -- me black coat, new last Michaelmas, and it rainin '' nough to melt it. "
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Kf afaefyloruin, imde omnis error (Sc coof ufio orca.
Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres: cum Petri Joannis Olivarii Valentini, viri in ... Pomponius Mela , Ermolao Barbaro, C . Julius Solinus 1782
chained_bear commented on the word coof
"Nantucketers took a dim view of off-islanders. They called them 'strangers,' or even worse, 'coofs,' a term of disparagement originally reserved for Cape Codders but broadened to include all of those unlucky enough to have been born on the mainland."
--Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 10–11
May 1, 2008