“Little Miss Muffet”

Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Little Miss Muffet

   Sat on a tuffet,

   Eating some curds and whey.

   Along came a spider,

   And sat down beside her,

   And frightened Miss Muffet away.

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Example Sentences

The former Little Miss Muffet, now a 47-year-old attorney, accused Spider-Man of bullying her as a child.

From Los Angeles Times

Recommended if your young one has lingering questions about Little Miss Muffet.

From Washington Post

And, then, a range of impressions: Little Miss Muffet brags of her youthfulness bringing perceived virus immunity.

From Washington Times

Sendak left the display house in the summer of 1948, and during the next two months, at home in Brooklyn, he and his brother constructed six intricate animated wooden toys, performing scenes from “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Little Miss Muffet,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Aladdin’s Lamp,” “Old Mother Hubbard,” and “Pinocchio.”

From The New Yorker

Instead, as it plays chicken with Little Miss Muffet over there, the bull is transformed into an ugly, snorting symbol of bigotry, which is trying to eliminate a child, no less.

From The Guardian