tuffet

[ tuhf-it ]

noun

1. a low stool; footstool.
2. Dialect. tuft.

tuffet

/ ˈtʌfɪt /

noun

1. a small mound or low seat

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuffet¹

First recorded in 1550–55

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuffet¹

C16: alteration of tuft

Example Sentences

I sat on a tuffet, eating some curds and whey; but there came a big spider, and I was frightened away.

From Project Gutenberg

So she got the tuffet for little Miss Muffet; a tuffet being a sort of baby footstool.

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So little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, just as she ought to have done.

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Yes, it's called a tuffet because that's where people sit to eat curds and whey.

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Suppose you sit on that tuffet and eat it while I walk the baby about.

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