biffin

American

[bif-in] / ˈbɪf ɪn /

noun

a deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.

biffin British

/ ˈbɪfɪn /

noun

a variety of red cooking apple

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Etymology

Origin of biffin

1785–95; variant of beefing (so called from color of beef ); see -ing ³

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biffin

Cobbs, do you think you could bring a biffin, please?”

From The Holly-Tree by Charles Dickens

What was it you—" "I think a Norfolk biffin would rouse her, Cobbs.

From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Daniel Defoe

I think a Norfolk biffin would rouse her, Cobbs.

From The Holly-Tree by Charles Dickens

"I think a Norfolk biffin would rouse her, Cobbs."

From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Charles Foster Kent

I think a Norfolk biffin would rouse her, Cobbs.

From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various

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