bruffin

bruffin noun: a combination of a brioche and a muffin.

Noun

bruffin (plural bruffins)

A combination of a brioche and a muffin.
- But it wasn’t until he invented the cronut — a croissant/doughnut hybrid — after striking out on his own, that he ascended to star status. Time magazine called it one of the best inventions of 2013, and it birthed several other hybrid pastries including the bruffin (brioche/muffin), the duffin...2015 February 11, Sun Sentinel, volume 55, number 292, page 1
- With O Magazine creative director Adam Glassman at her side, Winfrey whittled gifts down from more than 500 choices. Making the cut are multiculti Barbies; a sampler of intoxicating gardenias, lilies and orchids; a fab faux-fur pet jacket; wireless speakers Winfrey calls “the creme de la creme”...2015 November 6, Daily News, page 23

A breakfast highlight is the “bruffin”, a delicious but caloric muffin crossed with a brioche.2016 March 7, Evening Standard, page 53:
The cruffins and bruffins looked good too, but I didn’t want to go crazy, so I just stuck with the cronuts.” “What the heck are you talking about?” he said.2016 October 27, Tracy Beckerman, “Pass me a cronut or maybe a duffin!”, in The Gazette, page 10:

plural	bruffins

Blend of brioche + muffin.

What does bruffin mean?: Bruffin means a combination of a brioche and a muffin.
How do you use bruffin in a sentence?: A breakfast highlight is the “bruffin”, a delicious but caloric muffin crossed with a brioche.
What part of speech is bruffin?: Bruffin is a noun.
What is the plural of bruffin?: The plural of bruffin is bruffins.

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