pouff

Variant of pouf

noun

  1. an elaborate headdress worn by women, esp. in the 18th cent., and characterized by high rolls or puffs of hair
  2. any part of a dress, etc. gathered into a puff, or projection
  3. a kind of ottoman or hassock
  4. Brit., Slang poof

Origin: Fr, a puff: echoic

Also sp. pouff or pouffe
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