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countercuff.

A polemical response.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A polemical response.

    archaic · rare
Where this word comes from

From counter- + cuff (“blow, hit”), first used in the title of the 1589 polemical tract A Countercuffe giuen to Martin Iunior by the pseudonymous "venturuous, hardie, and renowned" Cavaliero Pasquill.

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