in the buff

English

Etymology

From buff (“bare skin”, literally “brownish yellow”), an allusion to the color of tanned light skin.

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Prepositional phrase

in the buff

  1. (informal, idiomatic) Nude.
    She was in the buff on the beach.
    The streaker ran across the playing field in the buff.
    • 2021 October 18, Ian Lecklitzner, “The Inevitable Rise of the Work-From-Home Nudist”, in MEL Magazine‎[1]:
      Not to mention, nudity can be just plain convenient. “Laundry is minimal,” Schulte notes. It also doesn’t hurt that being in the buff spices up his workday.

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