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“I’ll cuff you”
Double Meaning
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 218-220

An explanation of the double meaning of “cuff” in Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Petruchio

Good Kate, I am a gentleman.

Katherina

That, I'll try.    
[She strikes him]

Petruchio

I swear I'll cuff you if you strike again.

Petruchio might

  1. put her in handcuffs.
  2. smack her.