buffer

buffer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.One who polishes with a buff.
  2. 2.A wheel for buffing; a buff.
  3. 3.A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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