cuffs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Twenty years ago, founders proudly eschewed fashion and decorum, too busy writing code and devising a new world order to bother with pleasantries, like basic manners and French cuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
If I were to name it more plainly, I might call it Beatrix Potter weather: damp cuffs, garden gates, the feeling that something is pushing up just beneath the soil.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
For her sit-down with Shepherd, Huger was styled in a formfitting burnt orange dress, metallic cuffs and a chic bob.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
A light brown jacket with special cuffs “might be my favorite jacket I’ve ever found,” she says.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
“Are these the cuffs she used to catch the Hitler Butterfly?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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