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To stand BUFF,

is a Phrase used of an obstinate hardened Rogue, who in a Robbery will not be daunted at Resistance or Opposition, or leave his Com-rogues in the Lurch, or a hardened Rogue who will confess nothing.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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BUCK-FITCHES
BUCK'S-FACE
A BUDGE
BUFF
How dost do my BUFF
To stand BUFF
BUFFER
BUFF-KNAPPER
BUFFERS-NAB
BUGGING
BUGHER

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).