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kerfuffle|kəˈfʌf(ə)l|
Also kafuffle, kufuffle, gefuffle.
[Variant of the Scots curfuffle n. (perh. influenced by ker-?), now the general form in colloquial use.]
= curfuffle n.
1946F. Sargeson That Summer 94, I bet it [sc. the domestic row] ended up in a good old kafuffle. 1959J. Fleming Miss Bones xiv. 150 The kerfuffle over the stolen jewels last week. 1960E. W. Hildick Jim Starling & Colonel viii. 62 Butcher said he didn't know what all the kerfuffle was about. 1960A. Wykes Snake Man iii. 38 After this kufuffle was over and we were on our way again. 1965New Statesman 30 Apr. 693/3 After..some abortive backstage kerfuffles at the National Theatre, Wedekind's Spring Awakening has scraped past the Lord Chamberlain. 1968‘B. Mather’ Springers xii. 130 In the kerfuffle of the last half hour I had forgotten the poor soul's personal needs. 1973K. Amis Riverside Villas Murder ii. 40 A lot of our readers are going to think all this kerfuffle over an old skeleton being snatched is..a bit of a joke. |