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Meanings of in the buff in English

(Used informally) completely unclothed.

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      Usage of in the buff in English
      1
      There were the proofs of a short story in the buff envelope.
      The Crimson Blind
      2
      Bare it all and participate in the tantric experience in the buff.
      Ebony
      3
      However, you do get to see Lady Sybil off Downton in the buff.
      The Guardian
      4
      Are men less bothered by seeing other men in the buff?
      The Guardian
      5
      Better in the buff than them ould dirty things you're wearing.
      The ginger man
      6
      He didn't want the experience of fighting demons in the buff.
      Witch heart
      7
      The letter in the buff envelope which had so startled Mollie was very brief.
      The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
      8
      As if he'd never seen her in the buff before.
      The Naked God
      9
      A lot of people she knew saunaed in the buff, but she never had.
      Down river
      10
      Presently, in the buff, he enjoyed some excellent roast beef.
      The new yorker
      11
      Naked, he braves lashing typhoons and biting insects as a hermit in the buff.
      Reuters
      12
      Taking secret pics of another girl in the buff: it's actually Debs who's the lesbian.
      Pandaemonium
      13
      It seems to really get their goat, the thought of older gents in the buff.
      The Guardian
      14
      That was when you took off all your clothes and danced around in the buff.
      Foxglove Summer
      15
      Guess he sleeps in the buff, Claudette said.
      Dead as a doornail
      16
      There's probably some kind of blue law that forbids cutting hair in the buff in Binghamton.
      Pasta Imperfect