aff

[af]

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preposition, adverb Scot.

off.

aff.

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Examples from the Web for aff

Contemporary Examples

Then, days before the election, AFF ran an ad with the same false claim, this time calling for Heinrich to be voted out.
Election 2014 Is Drowning in Dark Money
Robert Maguire
August 28, 2014

Historical Examples

Eh, gien they wad but stick i' my shune, and gang wi' them whan I pu' them aff!
Heather and Snow
George MacDonald
It's aff with her apron and on with her bonnet, iv'ry chance.
The Shadow of a Crime
Hall Caine
The straw was aff the handle, an' my father mended it wi' strings.'
A Window in Thrums
J. M. Barrie
Gin ye're no willin' to say saxpence, I'm aff to Will'um Pyatt's.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
He's left the plow-tail an's aff to Edinburgh to mak' his fame an' fortune.'
Greyfriars Bobby
Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for aff

aff

adverb

preposition

off
from; out of

Word Origin

Old English of; Old Norse af

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aff

aff.

Examples from the Web for aff

Contemporary Examples

Then, days before the election, AFF ran an ad with the same false claim, this time calling for Heinrich to be voted out.

Historical Examples

Eh, gien they wad but stick i' my shune, and gang wi' them whan I pu' them aff!

It's aff with her apron and on with her bonnet, iv'ry chance.

The straw was aff the handle, an' my father mended it wi' strings.'

Gin ye're no willin' to say saxpence, I'm aff to Will'um Pyatt's.

He's left the plow-tail an's aff to Edinburgh to mak' his fame an' fortune.'

aff

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