biffin

American  

[bif-in] / ˈbɪf ɪn /

noun

1. a deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.

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biffin British  

/ ˈbɪfɪn /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

From Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Dickens, Charles

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

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

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

From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster

I seem but the biffin of what I was then!

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

The biffin, the minshul crab, or any tart apples, are the best for drying.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849