baffy

American  

[baf-ee] / ˈbæf i /

noun

Golf.

plural

baffies

1. a short, wooden club with a steep-sloped face, for lofting the ball.

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Etymology

Origin of baffy

First recorded in 1885–90; baff + -y ²

Example Sentences

"I fear he doesn't know a bulger from a baffy," he added sorrowfully.

From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Guess I kind of jarred you with that baffy shot.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van

As Ambrose often tells us, the baffy is a sweet little club to have in the bag—provided, of course, you have the nerve to use it.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van

I got off a good tee-shot straight down the fairway, took a baffy for my second, and—— But that is not the point.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

In August should the peacock shriek Renounce the baffy for the cleek; But if your stroke becomes too "sclaffy" Give up the cleek and use the baffy.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various