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Definition of Fuffy
1. a. Light; puffy.
Definition of Fuffy
1. Adjective. (UK US dialect) light; puffy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fuffy
1. light and soft [adj FUFFIER, FUFFIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuffy
Literary usage of Fuffy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"fuffy—And you're the best basket-ball player at school. JUDY (modestly)—Oh, for
heaven's ... fuffy—Hold your arms over your head and I'll get the vinegar! ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"... N. and E., the noise caused by the sudden escape of air from a barrel of
fermented liquor. Faff, N. and E., v. to make the sound of escaping air. fuffy ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"She mounted the high, white, fuffy plain and went on with a soft, yielding, yet
light step, almost as noiseless as if she were walking the clouds. ..."
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