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MUFF

\mˈʌf], \mˈʌf], \m_ˈʌ_f]\

Definitions of MUFF

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A warm soft cover of fur, etc., to keep the hands warm in cold weather; a stupid, spiritless fellow; in baseball, failure to hold a ball when catching it.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A warm, soft cover for the hands in winter, usually of fur or dressed skins.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Warm soft cover for the hands.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A warm covering, open at both ends, for the hands.
A bungling action; failure, as in catching a ball; a bungler.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [German] A warm cover for receiving the hands, usually made of dressed skins or fur.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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