Explore Cuffy through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cuffy in a sentence
Cuffy meaning
Alternative form of cuffee (“black person”).
Using Cuffy
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of cuffee (“black person”).
Context around Cuffy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cuffy
- In this selection, "cuffy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, norton, used, leonard and now stand out and add context to how "cuffy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brooke norton cuffy and brooke norton cuffy and murray. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cuffy" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cuffy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Later that evening, Heywood and Cuffy used a taxi and made off without paying. (14 words)
McNamara, Longman, Watmore and De Norre on for Mitchell, Norton-Cuffy, Leonard and Honeyman. (14 words)
Shaun Hutchinson, Murray Wallace and Brooke Norton-Cuffy will all be out of the Leicester game. (16 words)
Cooper ambles around up there for another 20 seconds or so then goes back into defence, now a back four after Joe Bryan hd come on for Ryan Longman and Romain Esse for Norton-Cuffy, the two wing-backs obviously paying the price for perceived passivity. (46 words)
Foul by Ballard on Leonard near the halfway line but the referee plays a good advantage as the ball comes to Norton-Cuffy on the right, he crosses for the unmarked Nisbet to volley home at the far post. (39 words)
In his decision, Meade said the plaintiffs failed to prove that Cuffy had trespassed on their property or that they would suffer harm if he were to continue clearing the shared roadway. (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Murray Wallace were subbed off for Ryan Longman and Allan Campbell in the last 15 minutes against Birmingham.
Cooper ambles around up there for another 20 seconds or so then goes back into defence, now a back four after Joe Bryan hd come on for Ryan Longman and Romain Esse for Norton-Cuffy, the two wing-backs obviously paying the price for perceived passivity.
Foul by Ballard on Leonard near the halfway line but the referee plays a good advantage as the ball comes to Norton-Cuffy on the right, he crosses for the unmarked Nisbet to volley home at the far post.
Later that evening, Heywood and Cuffy used a taxi and made off without paying.
Millwall won 4-0 at Hillsborough thanks to goals from Murray Wallace, George Saville, Harding and Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
McNamara, Longman, Watmore and De Norre on for Mitchell, Norton-Cuffy, Leonard and Honeyman.
Shaun Hutchinson, Murray Wallace and Brooke Norton-Cuffy will all be out of the Leicester game.
In his decision, Meade said the plaintiffs failed to prove that Cuffy had trespassed on their property or that they would suffer harm if he were to continue clearing the shared roadway.
Led by Cuffy (now the national hero of Guyana), the escaped enslaved Africans came to number about 3,000 and threatened European control over the Guianas.