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biffins

biffins is the plural of biffin.

Meaning of biffin

Noun

biffin (plural biffins)

  1. A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.
  2. Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk.
    • […] there were Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, […]1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 82

Questions about biffins

What is biffins the plural of?
Biffins is the plural of biffin.

Words near biffins in the dictionary

  1. biffies
  2. biffin
  3. Biffin's bridge
  4. biffing
  5. biffings
  6. biffins
  7. Biffle
  8. Biffles
  9. biffo
  10. biffs
  11. biffy

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