buffin
nounEtymology Blend of biscuit + muffin
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US A snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.
buffin
nounEtymology Named for its resemblance to buff leather.
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Obsolete A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.
- buffin gowns
- I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me. One takes the finest true silver and quicksilver passed through buffin cloth, and when blended together they are ground for a day in the same direction with a little fine sugar.1968 [1540], John Nevinson, transl., Raffella of Master Alexander Piccolomini: Or Rather, A Dialogue of the Fair Perfectioning of Ladies, translation of La Raffaella, ovvero, Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne by Alessandro Piccolomini, page 35:
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- The fabrics he bought–buffin, sackcloth, rash, jean fustian and milan fustian, durance–were modestly priced, affordable by the merchants and well-to-do yeomen of the town.2013 September 27, Drea Leed, “William Wray, Haberdasher”, in Lizapalooza: Historic Costume Research, Recreation, and Ruminations, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2014: