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South Pole(dictionary)
South Pole - Sailing(gambling)
Pole, (Pole Position, Pole Sitter) - Motor Sports(gambling)
cuff(medicine)
Cuff(dictionary)
off-the-cuff(dictionary)
Off-the-Cuff(money)
cuff(1)(dictionary)
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cuff 1, noun (oh) and South Pole (sh)


cuff 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: cuff 'glove' (14-16 centuries)]
the end of a sleeve
AmE a narrow piece of cloth turned upwards at the bottom of a trouser leg
British Equivalent: turn-up
an action in which you hit someone lightly on the head with your hand open
cuffs [plural] handcuffs
-see also off-the-cuff

South Pole (sh)




Southern extremity of the Earth's axis, located at latitude 90กใ S. It is the southern point from which all meridians of longitude start.

The area around it is a lofty plateau in west-central Antarctica, with ice as much as 8,850 ft (2,700 m) thick. It has six months of complete daylight and six months of total darkness each year. It was first reached by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1911, one month before the expedition led by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott; U.S. explorer Richard E. Byrd flew to the pole in 1929. The geographic pole does not coincide with the magnetic South Pole, which lies on the Adelie Coast about 66กใ00กไ S, 139กใ06กไ E; it moves about 8 mi (13 km) to the northwest each year. The geomagnetic South Pole also moves; during the early 1990s it was located about 79กใ13กไ S, 108กใ44กไ E, and in 2000 it was 65กใ39กไ S, 140กใ 01กไ E.