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Definition of Muffin man
1. Noun. Formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins.
Generic synonyms: Hawker, Packman, Peddler, Pedlar, Pitchman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muffin Man
Literary usage of Muffin man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"... The Muffin-Man A LITTLE man, who muffins sold ** When I was little too, Carried
a face of giant mould, But tall he never grew. ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. 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 ..."
4. 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, ..."
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 Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1874)
"He keeps on singing, — •' Yes, I know the muffin-man, The muffin-man, the
muffin-man : Yes, I know the muffin-man, Who lives in Drury Lane. ..."
7. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"... The Muffin-Man A LITTLE man, who muffins sold ** When I was little too, Carried
a face of giant mould, But tall he never grew. ..."
8. 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 ..."
9. 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 ..."
10. 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, ..."
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 Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1874)
"He keeps on singing, — •' Yes, I know the muffin-man, The muffin-man, the
muffin-man : Yes, I know the muffin-man, Who lives in Drury Lane. ..."
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