Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buffin

/bˈʌfɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: buf-fin
IPA: /bˈʌfɪn/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.

American usage

name

Example Sentences

"buffin gowns"
"I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me. One takes the finest true silver and quicksilver passed through buffin cloth, and when blended together they are ground for a day in the same direction with a little fine sugar."
"The fabrics he bought–buffin, sackcloth, rash, jean fustian and milan fustian, durance–were modestly priced, affordable by the merchants and well-to-do yeomen of the town."

Etymology

Named for its resemblance to buff leather.

Usage

Inflected Forms

buffins (plural)

Rhymes With

ruffin duffin guffin

Questions

How do you pronounce buffin?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈʌfɪn/.
What does buffin mean?: A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.
Where does buffin come from?: Named for its resemblance to buff leather.

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