coof

American  

[koof] / kuf /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a silly or stupid person.

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Etymology

Origin of coof

First recorded in 1715–25; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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coof

Yon's Melancholy— An' the pipes a-skirlin'— Gangs limp an' droopet, Like a coof at hirlin',— Droopet aye his lang skirts I' the wins unfurlin'; Yon's Melancholy— An' the pipes a-skirlin'!

From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley

I ca' him coof an' hav'rel too, An' frown wi' scornfu' ee.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

But hear me, Sir, deil as ye are, Look something to your credit; A coof like him wad stain your name, If it were kent ye did it.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

She has gotten a coof wi’ a claute o’ siller, And broken the heart o’ the barley Miller.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

They’ll hae me wed a wealthy coof, Tho’ I mysel’ hae plenty, Tam; But hear’st thou, laddie—there’s my loof— I’m thine at ane-and-twenty, Tam.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

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