coff

British  

/ kɒf /

verb

1. to buy; purchase

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Etymology

Origin of coff

C15: from the past participle of obsolete copen to buy, of Low German origin; compare German kaufen to buy

Example Sentences

Mass, Fraud, thou hast a doughty heart to make a hangman of, For thou hast good skill to help men from the coff.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

"Ham and, two up coff, a pair, boot-leg, white wings."

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin

It is probable that he really said "a coff of cuppee," however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king.

From Love Conquers All by Williams, Gluyas

Each one of these sounds, by the way, could be exactly as well represented by another combination of letters which would be unmistakable, viz., coff, doe, enuff, and plow.

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)