α. 1900s– baffie, 1900s– baffy, 1900s– baftie (Aberdeenshire), 1900s– bauffie, 1900s– beffie (north-eastern), 1900s– bouffie (Nairn and Banffshire), 1900s– buffie (central).
β. 1900s– bappie (north-eastern).
baffien.
/ˈbafi/, U.S. /ˈbæfi/, Scottish English /ˈbafɪ/ Scottish.
A slipper, esp. one that is old and worn out (cf. bauchle n. 1). Usually in plural. Cf. baff n.2
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1917 Fifeshire Advertiser 15 Dec. 5/6 (advt.) For the bairns' stockings. Santa Claus cannot bring anything more welcome than ‘baffies’. See the variety at William Walker's boot warehouse.
1951 Fife Herald & Jrnl. 3 Jan. 2/7 Paw gied me a braw pair o' tartan baffies, sae I'll hae nae excuse noo for cauld feet!
1989 Scots Mag. Apr. 63 No doubt both men skushled and shochled around in the down-at-heel slippers they'd refer to as ‘baffies’.
2014 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 25 He carries me, me in ma jammies and baffies, oot tae the car and roon tae McDonald's.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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