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单词 tuffet
释义

tuffet

/ˈtʌfɪt /
noun
1A tuft or clump of something: grass tuffets...
  • Our cat, Mick, has what we lovingly refer to as "tuffets of hair".
  • Have you been gambolling on the hillsides, skipping over bluebells and snowdrops whilst hiding eggs under tuffets of grass, listening to the call of new-born chicks?
2A footstool or low seat.By the way, a tuffet is a low stool, which she could sit on while milking the cow whose milk made the whey....
  • They had to make do with kitchen tuffets, orange boxes, a piano stool and a rocking chair borrowed from next door.
  • Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey.

Origin

Mid 16th century: alteration of tuft.

Rhymes

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