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† marry-muff, n. and int. Obs.
Also 7 mary-, maramuffe.
A. n. Some kind of cheap textile fabric; a garment made of this.
1604Meeting of Gallants B 2 b, He that would haue braude it..might haue made a Sute of Sattin cheaper in the Plague-time, then a Sute of Marry-muffe in the Tearme-time. 1604Middleton Ant & Night. F 3, She drewe her white Bountifull hand out of her Mary-muffe, and quoited a single Halfe-peny. 1640in Entick London (1766) II. 178 Piramides or Maramuffe, the piece, narrow, 1d.
B. int. Used as a derisive exclamation. (Cf. marry int.)
1602Middleton Blurt ii. ii, Wearied Sir? mary muffe. 1605Tryall Chevalr. in Bullen O. Pl. (1884) III. 288 Mary muffe!.. I scorne to humble the least part about me to give answere to such a trothing question. 1613Wither Abuses Stript i. in Juvenilia (1633) 13 His Poetry is such as he can cull From Plaies..And yet his fine coy Mistresse, Mary-Muffe, The soonest taken with such broken stuffe. |