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† ˈsnuffkin Obs.
Forms: 5 snwf-, 5–7 snuf-, 6 snof-, 6–7 snuft-, 7 snuff(e)kin; also 5–6 -kyn.
[Of obscure origin.]
A muff.
1483Cath. Angl. 347/2 A Snufkyn [v.r. Snwfkyn], pellicudia, nebrida. 1598Florio, Manicone, a great sleeue, manchon, muffe or snufkin. 1599–1600in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. (1805) III. 135 One snofkyn of crymson satten. 1602Entert. Harefield in Lyly's Wks. 1902 I. 500 'Tis sommer, yet a snuffkin to your lott, But t'will be winter one day, doubte you nott. 1611Cotgr., Bonne grace,..a snufkin, or Muffe. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lii. (1737) 214 The Crepines of their Hoods, their Ruffles, Snuffekins, and Neck-Ruffs, new wash'd, starch'd, and iron'd. |