fluffmentn.
/ˈflʌfmənt/ dialect and U.S.
Something having a light or loose texture (literal and figurative).
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1890 Cent. Mag. Apr. 817 That is but a fluffment of talk, my Lady... I never heard tell in my time of nurture being stronger than nature.
1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) Fluffment, light and loose talk, or material. [Ex.] Her dress o' fluffment an' leace.
1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Fluffment, a bustling manner or fussy style of dress.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1890- stopperbolt
- stoppered
- stopperhitch
- stopperhole
- stoppering
- stopperknot
- stopperless
- stoppernet
- stoppers
- stoppiece
- stoppin
- stopping
- stopping distance
- stopping down
- stopping effect
- stopping house
- stopping in
- stopping mixture
- stopping off
- stopping out
- stopping oyster
- stopping pan
- stopping power
- stopping quality
- stopping rule