doff
(obsolete, rare) Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(obsolete, rare) Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc.
Faith, Lelia has een giuen him the doff off here, and has made hir father almoſt ſtarke mad.
Origin: The is derived from Late , a of , don off, from , from dōn + of. Dōn is derived from , from , ultimately from . . Compare don#Verb (by surface analysis, do + on), dout (do + out), dup (do + up). The is derived from the verb. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“Cutie though!!! (Tip: Pulling your mask down on your neck can contaminate it and it's better to fully doff the mask over that generally speaking, sorry it's a pet peeve of ours and it is also how we got sick once....)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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