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muffin

[muhf-in]

noun

  1. an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan muffin pan containing a series of cuplike forms.

  2. English muffin.



muffin

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter

  2. a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of muffin1

First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of muffin1

C18: perhaps from Low German muffen, cakes
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We still ate it, spooned over toasted English muffins with poached eggs, but I couldn’t get past the texture.

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On top of the table her purse flopped open and from its mouth spilled curling checkbooks, loose cash, half a muffin in a napkin and bottles of Chinese herbs.

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The pair are seated in a suite, fittingly, at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills and, for a moment, they shift their focus toward the two jumbo blueberry muffins in front of them.

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I got into English muffins because their griddled tops hid any number of sins.

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“Hey, little muffin! Look at you,” he cooed as tiny Finn was toted into the picture, smoosh-face and all, carried by mama Kylie.

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