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Definition of Muffin

1. Noun. A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan.

Definition of Muffin

1. n. A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Definition of Muffin

1. Noun. (British) a type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten ¹

2. Noun. (context: especially US) A type of rich individual cake containing chocolate chips, blueberries or some other flavouring. ¹

3. Noun. (context: computing) a mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine ¹

4. Noun. (slang) a term of endearment ¹

5. Noun. (context: sexual slang) a vulva ¹

6. Noun. (context: baseball slang) a less talented player ¹

7. Noun. (slang) a charming, attractive young man ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muffin

1. a small, round bread [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muffin

Literary usage of Muffin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Song Play Book: Singing Games for Children by Mary (Wollaston) Wood, Mary A. Wollaston, Charles Ward Crampton (1917)
"THE muffin MAN O do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man? O do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane? O yes, I know the muffin ..."

2. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"When fallen leaves together flock, And gusts begin to squall, And suns go down at six o'clock, You heard his muffin-call. Born in the equinoctial blast, ..."

3. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
""Now, four of us know the muffin-man," etc. When all the players have partners, they skip in a circle and sing: "Now, all of us know the muffin-man, ..."

4. Public School Methods (1921)
"THE muffin MAN. Players form a ring and one of the number is chosen to be the ... Those in the ring skip about, singing: THE muffin MAN From "Children's Old ..."

5. What Shall We Do Now?: Over Five Hundred Games and Pastimes; a Book of by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1922)
"The muffin Man " The muffin Man " is another variety. The players sit in a circle, and the game is begun by one of them turning to the next and asking, ..."

6. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1814)
"ISS Margaret muffin was crummy and fat, And Corporal Butter,cock'd at her.his ... muffin oft groan'd out a groan, Which she might as well have (poor girl! ..."

7. The Song Play Book: Singing Games for Children by Mary (Wollaston) Wood, Mary A. Wollaston, Charles Ward Crampton (1917)
"THE muffin MAN O do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man? O do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane? O yes, I know the muffin ..."

8. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"When fallen leaves together flock, And gusts begin to squall, And suns go down at six o'clock, You heard his muffin-call. Born in the equinoctial blast, ..."

9. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
""Now, four of us know the muffin-man," etc. When all the players have partners, they skip in a circle and sing: "Now, all of us know the muffin-man, ..."

10. Public School Methods (1921)
"THE muffin MAN. Players form a ring and one of the number is chosen to be the ... Those in the ring skip about, singing: THE muffin MAN From "Children's Old ..."

11. What Shall We Do Now?: Over Five Hundred Games and Pastimes; a Book of by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1922)
"The muffin Man " The muffin Man " is another variety. The players sit in a circle, and the game is begun by one of them turning to the next and asking, ..."

12. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1814)
"ISS Margaret muffin was crummy and fat, And Corporal Butter,cock'd at her.his ... muffin oft groan'd out a groan, Which she might as well have (poor girl! ..."

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