in the buff
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Wildebeest appeared as black dots in the buff.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
The sport, now among the Olympics’ most beloved events, was born millennia ago, as young men trained for war in the buff.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2021
However, the growing presence of such ideas in the buff literature would be one of the defining characteristics of seventies’ research.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2017
They'll soon grow out of it and will undoubtedly happily exercise their right to get skin cancer frolicking in the buff under the midday sun in pursuit of a more "modern" mindless concept of beauty.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2016
It was Major Braithwaite, dressed now in the buff and blue of a colonial officer, who saluted him, his fine, tall figure upright and military, and his face expressing confidence.
From The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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