nuff nuff
n.— «And the team’s name? “It was a nickname, as in, just a nuff nuff who was hopeless, who can’t throw the ball or catch,” says O’Regan.» —“Mixing It Up On The Netball Court” by Melissa Ryan The Age (Melbourne, Australia) Apr. 30, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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