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muffin man

noun

British (formerly) an itinerant seller of muffins

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Nearby words

muezzin, muf, muff, muff glass, muffin, muffin man, muffin stand, muffin top, muffineer, muffle, muffle color
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Examples from the Web for muffin man

  • Tea is on the table, he chants, a super-leprechaun; and Squeith has missed the muffin-man again!

    Twos and Threes|G. B. Stern

  • They all go in at Smith's, where the muffin-man went in about half an hour before, and left half his stock behind him.

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448|Various

  • "Oh, he's just playin' muffin-man, as usual," said Charlotte with petulance.

    The Golden Age|Kenneth Grahame

  • He and the muffin-man generally make their appearance in public together.

    The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray