verb
Jeff
jehf
verb
1
Printing trade slang: to gamble using type spacers (em quads) as makeshift dice.
"The printers used to jeff for drinks after their shift."
How to Use Jeff
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn obscure printing-trade term for gambling with type spacers.
Word Forms
jeffed past tense, Jeffs plural, jeffs plural, jeffs singular
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Etymology
Ultimately from Jeffrey, a variant of Geoffrey, from an Old French aristocratic name of Germanic origin.