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cut-off

noun

  1. modified and decorated jacket worn in biker, metal and punk subcultures
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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English cut offdeverb. English cut-off Deverbal from cut off.

  1. Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English cut offdeverb. English cut-off Deverbal from cut off.

  1. Alternative spelling of cutoff.

    [sense 4 at cutoff] I should doubt if the consumption exceeded 30lb per mile, although it must be remembered that the regulator and cut-off were virtually unchanged from Etaples to Amiens, while the speed remained constant at 100 k.p.h. (62.5 m.p.h.) for mile after mile.