knuff

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knuff

/nʌf/

Sounds like 'nuff · Rhymes with -ʌf

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Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).

noun knuffs · gnuff

obsolete A lout, rogue or rustic person. The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon
Similar: bumpkin, yokel, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker

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@misc{knuff_2026,
  title = {knuff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knuff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}