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Put-off   Listen
noun
Put-off  n.  A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.






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"Put-off" Quotes from Famous Books



... had an idea he could do so, but that he had no particular inclination to try, as it would probably be some trouble, and the weather was too hot to render active exertion desirable. At this Foxington laughed derisively, saying that it sounded very like a put-off. 'Not at all,' returned Wilford; 'and to show you that I never say a thing without being ready to act up to it, I am willing to stake five hundred guineas against the mare herself that I go up to her and put the bridle on without any assistance, and without a ...
— Frank Fairlegh - Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil • Frank E. Smedley



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