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muff

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muff
the tuft on either side of the head of certain fowls


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I think she was arrayed in little blue feathers, but if such a costume is not seemly, I swear there were, at least, little blue feathers in her too coquettish cap, and that she was carrying a muff to match.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
"--"Why, ma'am," answered Mrs Honour, "he came into the room one day last week when I was at work, and there lay your ladyship's muff on a chair, and to be sure he put his hands into it; that very muff your ladyship gave me but yesterday.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
But next Christmas Thomasina Tittlemouse got a present of enough rabbit-wool to make herself a cloak and a hood, and a handsome muff and a pair of warm mittens.
The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context
 
 
 
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