a wine buff

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• buff — I UK [bʌf] / US noun Word forms buff : singular buff plural buffs 1) [countable] someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject a film/computer/wine buff 2) [uncountable] a very light yellow brown colour, similar to… …   English dictionary

• buff — I. /bʌf / (say buf) noun 1. a kind of thick leather, originally and properly made of buffalo skin but later also of other skins, light yellow with napped surface, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 2. a thick coat of buff leather, worn… …  

• buff — buff1 [ bʌf ] noun 1. ) count someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject: a movie/computer/wine buff 2. ) uncount a very light yellow brown color, similar to the color of sand in the buff INFORMAL wearing no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• buff — [bʌf] noun [C] someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject a film/computer/wine buff[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• buff — buff1 [bʌf] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: buff someone very interested in going to watch fires (1900 2000), from the buff colored coats worn by volunteer New York City firefighters in the early 19th century.] [Sense: 2; Date: 1700 1800;… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wine yellow — noun : a pale to grayish yellow that is greener and less strong than Naples yellow or cream buff …   Useful english dictionary

• excited by wine —    having drunk alcohol    Not just being a wine buff:     Addison and Thomson were equally dull until excited by wine. (J. Boswell, 1791) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• White wine — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cream buff — noun : a pale to grayish yellow that is slightly greener than Naples yellow and redder and stronger than wine yellow …   Useful english dictionary

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• Michael R. Angus — Sir Michael Richardson Angus DL (5 May 1930 13 March 2010) was a British businessman, most well known as a former Chairman of Unilever. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Other positions 1.3 …   Wikipedia