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baffie

/ˈbæfi/

baffie noun: a slipper, or a worn, comfortable shoe. Also the alternative form of baffy.

Noun

baffie (plural baffies)

  1. (Scotland) A slipper, or a worn, comfortable shoe.
    • […]; the inhabitants' benign indifference to idiosyncratic behavior (the way, for example, that you could walk down the street in nothing but a pair of baffies with a budgerigar on your head and no-one would think twice of it).2000, Kate Atkinson, Emotionally Weird, Macmillan, published 2001, →ISBN, page 40
    • […] put him oot the door in his semmit an his baffies.2001, Janet Paisley, Not for Glory, Canongate, →ISBN, page 241

Also used as

baffie is also the alternative form of baffy.

Forms of baffie

pluralbaffies
alternative formbaffy

Words that rhyme with baffie

Questions about baffie

What does baffie mean?
Baffie means a slipper, or a worn, comfortable shoe.
What part of speech is baffie?
Baffie is a noun.
How do you pronounce baffie?
Baffie is pronounced /ˈbæfi/.
What is the plural of baffie?
The plural of baffie is baffies.

Words near baffie in the dictionary

  1. bafetinib
  2. baff
  3. baffed
  4. baffed out
  5. baffed-out
  6. baffie
  7. baffies
  8. Baffin
  9. Baffin Bay
  10. Baffin Island
  11. Baffin Land

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