enuf
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of enuf
First recorded in 1680–85
Example Sentences
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It's not enuf for offenders to "think about what they did."
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2018
Mabye its because I dint try hard enuf or just some body put the evel eye on me.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Sure enuf he had it, but pretended it was all a mistake, jest as he did when I caught him in the Kernel's trowsers.
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith
An sure enuf, that nite not a word did he speak, nor a story did he tell.
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith
Dey wuz 'bout twenty slaves on de place, 'en we wuz all living pretty good—plenty to eat, an' clothes enuf.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
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