单词	tuffet
释义	tuffet /ˈtʌfɪt / noun 1A tuft or clump of something: grass tuffets... Our cat, Mick, has what we lovingly refer to as "tuffets of hair". Have you been gambolling on the hillsides, skipping over bluebells and snowdrops whilst hiding eggs under tuffets of grass, listening to the call of new-born chicks? 2A footstool or low seat.By the way, a tuffet is a low stool, which she could sit on while milking the cow whose milk made the whey.... They had to make do with kitchen tuffets, orange boxes, a piano stool and a rocking chair borrowed from next door. Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of tuft. Rhymes buffet
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