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单词 tuffet
释义

tuffet

noun

tuf·​fet ˈtə-fət How to pronounce tuffet (audio)
1
: tuft sense 1a
2
: a low seat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe an hour into her walk, McRae spots a brown tuffet on the sidewalk on West Street near Liberty Street. Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 28 May 2021 Remember Little Miss Muffet, who sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey? Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2021 No strength or stamina and her tuffet is a disgrace. Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French tuffete, from *tufe tuft

First Known Use

1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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