muffin
[muhf-in]
- an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.
- English muffin.
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Origin of muffin
First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for muffins
Contemporary Examples
Peel it, chop it, steam or boil it and turn it into muffins, or pie, or biscuits or a curry or soup.
“Hey, muffins,” he calls to his children, with a “wince of mortification” at the whole scene.
And if you love the muffins at Starbucks, boy, does that turn out to be alarming news.
The flavor of these muffins seems to improve if they are eaten a couple of hours after baking.
Jerry Ford was once hailed for making his own English muffins after the long national nightmare of Richard Nixon ended.
Historical Examples
Rub this to a paste and spread between toasted English muffins.
SandwichesSarah Tyson Heston Rorer
Therefore the sour milk pancakes or muffins do not taste sour.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
Mothers should insist on their children eating these muffins.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4)W. Grant Hague
First we talked about the weather, next about muffins and crumpets.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. YellowplushWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
The urn was hissing and humming: the muffins were smoking—such a heap of muffins!
The Christmas BooksWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
muffin
- British a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter
- US and Canadian a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter
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Word Origin
C18: perhaps from Low German muffen, cakes
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Word Origin and History for muffins
muffin
n.
"light, small cake made with eggs," 1703, moofin, possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe "small cake;" or somehow connected with Old French moflet "soft, tender" (said of bread). Muffin top in reference to waistline bulge over tight, low jeans is attested by 2005, from resemblance to baked muffins from a tin.
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