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 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)

The baffy demands, for the achievement of such success as it can afford, a fairly good lie, and when this is given it is a tolerably easy club to play with.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry

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

From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry

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

"I suppose you'd shoot this with an iron," said he; "but the baffy is a great club—if you've got the nerve to use it."

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van