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muffin (iou)



muffin noun. E18.
[Origin unkn.]
a. Orig. (now dial.), a cake of any of various kinds of (esp. sweet) bread. Now, a flat circular spongy cake of bread, often eaten toasted and buttered. In N. America more fully English muffin. E18.
b. A cake made with baking powder, cooked in a cup-shaped tin. N. Amer. M19.
A kind of earthenware or china plate. Orig. US. E19.
A person who muffs catches etc. arch. US slang. M19.
A young woman, esp. one who regularly partners a particular man at social occasions. Canad. slang. M19.
Comb.: muffin-face slang an expressionless countenance; muffin-fight colloq. = muffin-worry below; muffin-man Hist. a seller of muffins; muffin-worry colloq. a tea party.
muffi'neer noun (a) a small caster with a perforated top for sprinkling salt or sugar on muffins; (b) rare a covered dish to keep toasted muffins hot: E19.