coff

transitive verb

ˈkäf

coft

-ft

; coft; coffing; coffs

Scottish

: buy

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from coft (past tense and past participle), from Middle English (Scots), from Middle Dutch coft, cocht bought, past tense of copen to buy

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