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- From Late Middle English stuffen, from Old French estoffer, from Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną. Cognate with Old High German stoffōn, stopfōn, Old English stoppian and Albanian shtyp. Compare Dutch stof, and German Stoff. More at stop.
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"And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff," said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business.
Submitted on July 10, 2018
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