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buff nor stye

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English

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Phrase

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buff nor stye

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Neither one thing nor another.

Usage notes

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  • Often preceded by neither.
  • Sometimes in "he could say neither buff nor stye" (or similar), meaning that a person was too confounded to speak.
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