Free of charge, extension in credit, to be paid later
Etymology:
- In old days the bartenders tend to have stiff cuffs which separated the shirtsleeves. The phrase could have originated from those days. The charges of the service were often written on these cuffs by the bartenders. Thus the idiom originated to express the charges to be paid. A similar idiom but with opposite meaning is “off the cuff.”
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He tried to buy a car on the cuff.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'On the Cuff':
| on the cuff | On credit, with payment to be made later. |
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sur la manumo
en el puño
कफ पर
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