biffin
/ˈbɪfɪn
/noun
An English cooking apple of a dark red variety.Many fruits can only be eaten in season, but apples were dried for keeping and eating out of season. The Norfolk Biffin apple was especially good for this....
- The garden volunteers have chosen to grow a traditional Norfolk Biffin apple, a cooking variety which used to be cooked slowly in the oven, pressed down and cooked again.
- Biffins were enjoyed after being slow-baked between layers of straw before being pressed flatter, baked for a second time and sprinkled with sugar.
Origin
Late 18th century: representing a dialect pronunciation of beefing, from beef + -ing1, with reference to the colour.
Rhymes
- one-track mind
- One Tree Hill
- one-trick pony
- one-trip
- one-two
- one-two-three
- one-two-three-four
- one up
- one-upman
- one-upmanship
- one-upness
- one-uppance
- one-use
- one-valued
- on every hand
- one-way
- one way and another (or one way or another)
- one way or the other (or one way and another)
- onewhile
- one-woman
- one-woman show
- one-world
- one-worlder
- one-worldism
- one-year-old