tuffet
a low stool; footstool.
Dialect. tuft.
Origin of tuffet
1Words Nearby tuffet
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How to use tuffet in a sentence
I sat on a tuffet, eating some curds and whey; but there came a big spider, and I was frightened away.
Christmas Entertainments | Alice Maude KelloggSo she got the tuffet for little Miss Muffet; a tuffet being a sort of baby footstool.
Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard | Howard R. GarisSo little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, just as she ought to have done.
Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard | Howard R. GarisYes, it's called a tuffet because that's where people sit to eat curds and whey.
The Cat and Fiddle Book | Lady Florence BellSuppose you sit on that tuffet and eat it while I walk the baby about.
The Cat and Fiddle Book | Lady Florence Bell
British Dictionary definitions for tuffet
/ (ˈtʌfɪt) /
a small mound or low seat
Origin of tuffet
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