muff
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6.9
- noun
- /mʌf/
- Archaic
:
muff
- Claudia, in fur-trimmed muff and bonnet, peers through the glass at a display of dolls.
Examples
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It's cold, and I left my muff at home.
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Even a little rabbit-fur muff, such as my mother had for skating when she was a child.
Fiction book (1995) -
So I bought a little muff from Target.
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"It's a muff," I said.
Fiction book (2002) -
"No." Then I felt bad saying that, so I held out the muff.
Fiction book (2002) -
Behind the coachman were a gentleman in a beaver hat and a lady with a fur muff.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fanny was there, her skin tucked around her legs and her hands inside a muff of beaver hide.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Well, isn't this just grand," declared her mother meaningfully, and they both recalled the leopard coat, hat, and muff and burst into giggles.
Fiction book (2001) -
During a Christmas visit to Nashville, Ind., I photographed attractive shops, carolers dressed in muffs and colorful scarves, and festive street decorations.
Academic text (2011) -
She slipped her hands into the warm muff to protect them from the chilly wind.
Compounds
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muff for a hand warmer comes from an old French or Dutch word like moufle meaning 'thick glove' or soft mitten, and it pictured a tube you put your hands into. So a muff is still a soft cover that keeps your hands warm.