Muffin
['mʌfɪn]
Definition
(n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
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Definition
n. a soft light spongy cake eaten hot with butter: a small plate: one who dangles after a young woman: a poor ball-player.—ns. Muff′in-cap a round flat cap for men; Muffineer′ a dish for keeping muffins hot: a metal cruet for sprinkling salt or sugar on muffins.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- To be sure,' assented Mrs. Sparsit, eating muffin. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was felt at once that the mouth did not come over from Sleswig with a band of Saxon pirates whose lips met like the two halves of a muffin. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My tea is drawing, and my muffin is on the hob, Mr Wegg; will you partake? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The muffin last nightif it had been handed round once, I think it would have been enough. Jane Austen. Emma.
- William, said Mr. Pumblechook to the waiter, put a muffin on table. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The destitute orange-girl, the neglected washerwoman, the distressed muffin-man find in her a fast and generous friend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I wish you could ha' seen the shepherd walkin' into the ham and muffins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But, to revert to your brother's dying, with the hot muffins in his mouth, for Lady Abdy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He asked if there were any muffins in the house; and, when I told him yes, he said he had come to tea. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He sat with his eyes on his plate, eating his muffins and ham, and she sat shyly looking at the teapot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was better than muffins and toast. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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