He tans, moisturizes, exfoliates, and buffs, and then gels his hair back, with a crisp white button-up.
It took a lot of desperate hectoring for the buffs—Do I have to do everything myself here?
In fact, at one point, Ms. Cohen writes, “To anyone besides Watergate buffs, the dispute may seem trivial.”
The buffs, supported by the 35th Sikhs, were to take the village.
The Guides and buffs now climbed the ridges to the right and left.
There was n't a fellow in the buffs had more life in him than Paul Kellett.
I was in the army—in the 'buffs'; maybe you knew one Clancy who was in them?
"We were the same as the buffs, man for man," said M'Cormick.
He was the Squire Blunden,—the father of the lieutenant in the "buffs."
Luck hadn't been with him so far as the buffs were concerned.
1570s, buffe leather "leather made of buffalo hide," from Middle French buffle "buffalo" (15c., via Italian, from Latin bufalus; see buffalo (n.)).
The color term comes from the hue of buffalo hides (later ox hides). Association of "hide" and "skin" led c.1600 to in the buff. Buff-colored uniforms of New York City volunteer firefighters since 1820s led to meaning "enthusiast" (1903).
The Buffs are men and boys whose love of fires, fire-fighting and firemen is a predominant characteristic. [N.Y. "Sun," Feb. 4, 1903]
"well-built, hunky," 1980s, from buff (v.) "polish, make attractive."
"to polish, make attractive," 1885, in reference to the treatment of buff leather or else to the use of buff cloth in polishing metals, from buff (n.). Related: Buffed; buffing.
adjective
Naked
Related Terms
[1604+; probably fr the pale yellowish color of the leather called buff, likened to skin]
adjective
(also buffed, buffed out) Well-built; muscular; hunky: Looking mighty buff, by the way (1980s+ Teenagers)
verb
(also buff out) To do body-building; put on muscle; become brawnier: Fudgie wondered if Tweezer had buffed out in San Quentin (1980s+ Teenagers)
verb phrase
(also buff up) To be ingratiating and attentive, so as to keep on good terms: Gotta go. Gotta buff (1990s+ Hollywood)
[probably fr buff, ''polish, make attractive,'' a process originally done with a leather buff stick; the adj sense may be derived fr buffalo, as an image of strength]
v,v phr
To make a patient's chart look good, esp in preparing him or her for discharge
[1970s+ Medical; fr buff, ''to polish'']
noun
An HH53 long-range rescue helicopter, called a ''big ugly fat fellow'' (1960s+ Air Force)
