Cuddie, subs. (Scots).—A donkey.
Cuddling, verbal subs. (athletic and pugilistic).—Wrestling.
Cuddy, adj. (Christ’s Hospital).—Hard; difficult; said of a lesson.
Also Hertfordicé for passy (q.v.). [There is a common hard biscuit
called a ‘cuddy-biscuit’ which doubtless has this derivation.]
Cue, verb (thieves’).—To swindle on credit.
Cuff, subs. (old).—1. A foolish old man. [Probably a contraction of
cuffin (q.v.).]
1678. C. Cotton, Scarronides, bk. I., p. 3 (ed. 1725). The lustiest
Carles thereabouts. Rich cuffs and very sturdy Louts.
1708. Centlivre, Busie Body, Act i. A very extraordinary Bargain I
have made truly, if she should be really in Love with this old cuff
now.
1760. Colman, Polly Honeycombe, in wks. (1777) IV., 38. They are
just here! ten to one the old cuff may not stay with her: I’ll pop
into this closet.