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tuffet n.1550s, "little tuft," from Old French touffel (with diminutive suffix -et for French -el), diminutive of touffe (see tuft). Obsolete except in the nursery rhyme "Little Miss Muffet" (1843), where it has been felt to mean "hassock, footstool." LITTLE Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet And made of her knees such display That the old fashioned spider, Embarrassed beside her, Was actually frightened away! [Life magazine, Oct. 1, 1927] updated on August 17, 2020 |