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† truphane Sc. Obs. [app. ad. OF. truf(f)ant deceiver, f. truf(f)er, trupher to mock: see truff v., truf(f)e, truff n.1 Or it might directly represent a med.L. *truf(f)ānus, f. med.L. truf(f)a, trupha fraud, cheatery (Du Cange): cf. pagānus.] A deceiver, an impostor.? a 1500 Colkelbie Sow 145 (Bann....
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▪ I. † truff, n.1 Obs. Forms: 4, 8 Sc. truf, 5–7 truffe, (6 Sc. pl. trufis), 7–8 truff. [a. F. truffe a truffle (1370 in Godef. Compl.), in OF. also figuratively trufe a cozening, cheating, etc. (1265 in Godef.) in which sense it is first recorded in English: see truffle.] 1. An idle tale or jest. C...
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