in comb. [see prec. words.] † Chuff-cat = CHUFF sb.1 2; † chuff-headed a., with a big fat head; † chuff-penny a., miserly, avaricious.

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1563–87.  Foxe, A. & M., III. 745. A great chuff-headed Priest that stood by, spake.

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1592.  Nashe, P. Penilesse (N.). Sparage gentlemen and chuff-headed burghomasters.

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1603.  Florio, Montaigne, II. xii. (1632), 317. An old covetous Chuff penny wretch?

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1604.  Parsons, 3rd Pt. Three Convers. Eng., x. 256. A great Chuff-headed Priest standinge by.

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1653.  Urquhart, Rabelais, I. liv. Here enter not vile bigots, hypocrites … Fat chuffcats, smell-feast knockers, doltish gulls.

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