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muffin worry

muffin worry noun: an elderly lady's tea party.

Noun

muffin worry (plural muffin worries)

  1. (UK, slang) An elderly lady's tea party.
    • But Benedict has not only changed his manner and his habits, he has got new duties, and where his wife goes he may go, and ought to go. He can no longer claim exemption from solemn dinners, from weary muffin-worries, […]1864, The Habits of Good Society, page 99
    • I wish she was at the bottom of the sea, or else having muffin worries in her musty old London lodgings — anything but coming here and turning everything into gall and vinegar.1874, Eliza Stephenson, Hope Meredith, page 118

Forms of muffin worry

pluralmuffin worries

Questions about muffin worry

What does muffin worry mean?
Muffin worry means an elderly lady's tea party.
What part of speech is muffin worry?
Muffin worry is a noun.
What is the plural of muffin worry?
The plural of muffin worry is muffin worries.

Words near muffin worry in the dictionary

  1. muffin tin
  2. muffin tins
  3. muffin top
  4. muffin tops
  5. muffin worries
  6. muffin worry
  7. muffin-face
  8. muffin-faces
  9. muffin-less
  10. muffin-like
  11. muffin-warm

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