A café.
Caff
Example Sentences
"Let's go to the caff for a cuppa."
"The caff does a good fry-up."
Etymology & History
British slang for café, simple abbreviation. Working-class pronunciation and spelling. 'Down the caff' means at the café. Shows British tendency to shorten words in working-class speech.
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