Adjective
Crude, rough, uncouth, tough.
Usage- Caribbean
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Dem gwan like ooman strong like man An cruff an rough an hard!
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but if he looks a bit cruff ... an’ he says, ‘Wa ’appen, son. Wa gwaan’, an’ all dem tings der, an’ you start to speak to him in English, then you just break into the Jamaican habit – patois
Noun
A person who is uncouth, crude, or tough.
Usage- Caribbean
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Rufus was a Barbadian cruff Who got the news how Miss Ida rough. Rufus say, “Jamaica bwoi too light, So I am going to show them how to fight.”
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“But the miserable cruff never did come back. He abandoned us! They say he went off into the woods to grow some exotic crop.” “Exotic Jamaican crop? It could be anything.”
A lazy person; someone of little value.
Usage- Caribbean
- Derogatory
- often
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“You still the living bumpkin from the land of Oz!” “And you’re still a cruff wid no gyal!”