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cuff

/kʌf/ nom B2

En français : manchette, revers

  1. The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
  2. The end of a pants leg when folded up.
  3. A surgical procedure in which parts of the body that were not previously connected are stitched together.

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The servants, hearing the strange hubbub and perceiving the danger of their master, quickly relieved him, and drove out the Ass to his stable with kicks and clubs and cuffs.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 18 · B2
By a man’s finger nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt cuffs—by each of these things a man’s calling is plainly revealed.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 18 · B2
The man whom we had known as Douglas turned up his own coat and cuff to show a brown triangle within a circle exactly like that which we had seen upon the dead man.
The Valley of Fear, p. 98 · C1
He was dressed in a heavy broadcloth frock coat and waistcoat, with light-coloured trousers, and immaculate collar and cuffs.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 29 · B2

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