stuffien.
/ˈstʌfi/, U.S. /ˈstəfi/ 1. North American colloquial. A children's toy, typically a toy animal, made of fabric with a soft filling; a stuffed toy.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > soft toy > [noun]
soft toy1864
plush toy1886
stuffie1938
1938 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Jan. 62/2 Stuffies you can make... A whole circus of cuddly toys—stuffed animals you won't find in stores.
1995 J. Cottonwood Quake! 30 Sidney pushed some bedding out of the way and found his favorite stuffie: a fuzzy red parrot by the name of Squawk.
2016 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Feb. (Life section) e12 For stuffies, Dev and Palvi had more than 30 critters, so their mom insisted they cut down to eight apiece.
2. U.S. regional (chiefly New England). A dish consisting of chopped clam meat (typically that of a quahog clam) seasoned and combined with other ingredients and baked and served in the clam shell; a stuffed clam. Usually in plural. Stuffies are now especially associated with Rhode Island.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] > shell-fish or crustacean dishes
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oyster loaf1747
clambake1835
lobster Newburg1914
tempura1920
moules marinière1928
scampi1930
lobster thermidor1933
shrimp cocktail1937
étouffée1958
chao tom1969
vongole1977
stuffie1980
1980 B. Wittemann & N. Webster Weekending in New Eng. iv. 56 A great Pub where you can get soups, sandwiches, ‘stuffies’ (stuffed clams for the uninitiated).
2006 L. Beaulieu Providence & Rhode Island Cookbook 21 You can eat your steamers and stuffies ‘in the rough’ on the wooden deck overlooking Galilee Harbor.
2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Dining section) There are..stuffies, the fist-size baked clams loved by Rhode Islanders.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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