tussie-mussie
[ tuhs-ee-muhs-ee ]
noun
a small bunch of flowers or herbs.
a cone-shaped holder for a bouquet.
Origin of tussie-mussie
1First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English tusmose, tussemose; further origin uncertain; perhaps created through rhyming (cf. razzle-dazzle, rhyming compound based on dazzle )
- Also called tuzzy-muzzy.
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