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"Very pleased"2 answers
chuffed7 lettersdelighted9 letters
Filled answer is this word (CHUFFED).
Definitions
Very pleased or happy.
Word origin
From dialectal (northern England, not Scotland) chuff, originally meaning “puffed with fat”. First attested in 1957.
Used in a sentence
“Then when Karen got him on her morning show he was chuffed as a haemophiliac with a foolproof razor”
“Got to the video shop in a state / But chuffed it wouldn't be late”
“As he arrived on the red carpet Michael said: 'It is my first nomination and I could not be more chuffed.' Well, he could be more chuffed. And that was if he was to win the Olivier honour.”
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01“Very pleased”7 letters
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