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Gullah dialect, a Mohammedan marriage ceremony, the way a schooner's boom may swing when she luffs � such varied "local color" is thickly applied.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Aye, you young luffs, Griffin, are never backward with your vows for or to pretty girls," answered Cuffe.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

I luffs up alongside o' this dry land bo'sum an' punches once.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

Sometimes she luffs up, and sometimes she falls off; so as to holding a steady course, I find that out of the question.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.

"Up with those sails!" cried the girl now, and Caliban's gang sweated at the halyards, while slackened sheets permitted the booms to swing and present the luffs to the screaming gale, bearing no resistance.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward