Third person singular of 'coff'; to buy or barter for something, particularly in older or dialectal English.
From Middle English 'coffen' or 'coffen', possibly related to Old English 'ceapian' (to buy) or influenced by dialectal usage. The exact origin is uncertain but appears in regional British English.
This obscure verb appears in medieval and early modern texts as a regional word for buying or trading—it's the kind of forgotten vocabulary that shows how much our everyday transaction words have changed over centuries.
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