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scuffin

scuffin noun: a food resembling both a scone and a muffin.

Noun

scuffin (plural scuffins)

  1. A food resembling both a scone 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
    • These scuffins—part scone, part muffin—are so beyond delicious, rich, and decadent they could easily be dessert.2017, Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie’s Home Cooking, Oxmoor House

Forms of scuffin

pluralscuffins

Origin of scuffin

Blend of scone + muffin.

Questions about scuffin

What does scuffin mean?
Scuffin means a food resembling both a scone and a muffin.
What part of speech is scuffin?
Scuffin is a noun.
What is the plural of scuffin?
The plural of scuffin is scuffins.

Words near scuffin in the dictionary

  1. scuffed up
  2. scuffer
  3. scuffers
  4. scuffier
  5. scuffiest
  6. scuffin
  7. scuffing
  8. scuffing up
  9. scuffings
  10. scuffins
  11. scuffle

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