I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I sometimes stimulate myself under my muff .
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In the end, she and Bessie man-aged to make three of them into a muff and a little hat.
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It has a long snout, erect ears, a shiny brown coat, and a tail thick as a muff .
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Mrs Kulass put on a ratty fur coat, a shabby felt hat, and put her hands inside an old muff .
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She carried a little fur muff .
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She held the lead in her gloved hands; behind her was Selene, with hers protected by a muff .
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She took off her muff and laid it down on the rough table made of planks and bricks.
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Surreptitiously, her hand hidden within the furry confines of her muff , Anne made the sign of the cross.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Clark muffed a routine groundball.
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The waiter muffed the drink order.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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They won't muff their lines or fall short in a crisis.