SCOFF


Meaning of SCOFF in English

v. & n. colloq.

v.tr. & intr. eat greedily.

n. food; a meal.

[ (n.) f. Afrik. schoff repr. Du. schoft quarter of a day (hence, meal): (v.) orig. var. of dial. scaff, assoc. with the noun ]

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