buffin
Noun
A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.
Usage- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Examples
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buffin gowns
More examples (2)
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.
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.
Noun
A snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.
Usage- US usage
Word forms
buffins