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English
Etymology
Deverbal from cut off.
Noun
cut-off (plural cut-offs)
- Alternative spelling of cutoff
1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:[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.
Adjective
cut-off (comparative more cut-off, superlative most cut-off)
- Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.
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