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Origins of "up the duff"

Posted by Audrey Blair on May 23, 2000

In Scotland we are all familiar with the euphemism for being pregnant "up the duff"
I don't know whether this is an expression widely used in England as well.
My sister who now lives in California and is indeed " up the duff" has been trying to explain to the Americans where it came from but realised she doesn;t know it's origins either.
Can anyone enlighten us?

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