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(muf′ən)

noun

a quick bread made with eggs, baked in a small cup-shaped mold and usually eaten hot

Origin: < dial. mouffin, moufin, ? akin to OFr moufflet, soft, as in pain moufflet, soft bread

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noun

A small, cup-shaped quick bread, often sweetened.
An English muffin.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from Low German Muffen

Origin: , pl. of Muffe, small cake

Origin: , from Middle Low German

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