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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLUFF, n. Sc. uses of Eng. bluff.

1. “A credulous person” (Bnff.⁷ 1912; Abd.²² 1935).Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems and Songs 102:
Our great big gentry's bluffs o' sons.

2. Phr.: to get the bluff, “to be taken in, to be cheated” (Bch. 1825 Jam.²).Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 92:
An' gin ye get wi' them the bluff, Sure dinna trust them mair.