[Ads-l] "Goof-Off" (Noun) Not in OED

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Dec 31 20:33:50 UTC 2022


goof-off, n. (not in OED)

1943 Yank 27 Jan. 18  It burns me to have that bunch of goof-offs say they're rugged.

Fred Shapiro

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