Muff

Definitions

1. A muffin.
   slang
2. A surname.
3. A village in County Donegal, Ireland.
4. A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
   historical
5. A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
   colloquial
6. A diminutive of the female given name Myfanwy.
7. An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
   slang, vulgar
9. An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
   slang
10. A bird, the whitethroat.
11. A woman or girl.
    slang, vulgar
12. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
13. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
14. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.

Equivalents

Examples

“Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch⟳ a glimpse of a vanishing figure⟳—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face⟳, half-buried in a muff.”

“Can you fancy that such an old creature (an old muff, as you call⟳ him, you wicked, satirical man!) could ever make⟳ en impression on my heart?”

“[…]being good is so much like⟳ being a muff, generally.”

“Skinny lattes and a couple of blueberry muffs.”

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