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tuffet
[ tuhf-it ]
tuffet
/ ˈtʌfɪt /
noun
- a small mound or low seat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tuffet1
First recorded in 1550–55
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tuffet1
C16: alteration of tuft
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Example Sentences
I sat on a tuffet, eating some curds and whey; but there came a big spider, and I was frightened away.
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So she got the tuffet for little Miss Muffet; a tuffet being a sort of baby footstool.
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So little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, just as she ought to have done.
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Yes, it's called a tuffet because that's where people sit to eat curds and whey.
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Suppose you sit on that tuffet and eat it while I walk the baby about.
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