Meaning of cruff | Babel Free

Definitions

Crude, rough, uncouth, tough.

Caribbean

Examples

“Dem gwan like ooman strong like man An cruff an rough an hard!”

They are going to like a woman strong like a man / And crude and rough and hard!

“but if he looks a bit cruff ... an’ he says, ‘Wa ’appen, son. Wa gwaan’, an’ all dem tings der, an’ you start to speak to him in English, then you just break into the Jamaican habit – patois”

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