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Buffs

British

/ bʌfs /

plural noun

the Third Regiment of Foot, esp the Royal East Kent Regiment

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Etymology

Origin of Buffs

C19: from their buff-coloured facings

Example Sentences

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Comment: As bad as things are going for the Buffs, who are 1-5 in their last six games, it’s hard to imagine them falling to Oregon, which is on a school record, 13-game losing streak.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Colorado offered his brother, a class-of-2027 quarterback, this week, and that moved the Buffs higher on Thatcher’s list.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

CU made nine of its final 13 shots in the first half, including a three-pointer from Bangot Dak at the buzzer that gave the Buffs a 50-41 halftime lead.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

The Huskies are 13-10 versus the Buffs as league opponents.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

The Keeper had found me an obliging old colonel of the Buffs, something of an amateur historian himself, who had read the relevant pages of my typescript and faxed through his suggestions.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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