hoff

Pronunciation spelling of off.

Preposition

  1. Pronunciation spelling of off.
    • "'W'y, chuck 'er, ye blighter!' says I. "'But 'ow farst must Hi count four?' he asks agin, lookin' worrit; 's'pose she goes hoff in me 'and?' he says. - 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling:
    • "I believe in fair play, but I darsn't keep my eyes hoff of 'em sleepy-lookin' tops, when their flippers is anywheres near their knives, you know." - 1880, John Habberton, Romance of California Life:
    • "'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.' - 1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields: