cloff

noun

ˈkläf

plural -s

: an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight formerly given on certain goods to cover small losses in retailing

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of clove entry 3

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Rhymes for cloff

• coif
• cough
• doff
• goff
• groff
• off
• quaff
• raphe
• scoff
• trough
• ashraf
• checkoff