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单词 moufful
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mouffuln.

Brit. /ˈmaʊ(f)fʊl/, U.S. /ˈmaʊ(f)ˌfʊl/
Forms: 1800s– mouffle, 1900s– moufful.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouf n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < mouf n. + -ful suffix.
Originally U.S. regional (chiefly in African-American usage).
A mouthful.
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1896 J. C. Harris in Scribner's Mag. Apr. 494 When I didn't have a mouffle to eat nor a place to lay my head.
1909 Dial. Notes 3 350 Mouf, mouth: a negroism rapidly gaining ground among the whites, especially in the derivatives, as mouffle (mouthful).
1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ii. 46 He couldn't hardly make a moufful offa de li'l bread he had.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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