Definitions
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
Examples
“(Certainly not the "mouffle," the prized, loose covering around the nose and lips: thank you, Joy of Cooking.)”
“Harold W. Webster's The Complete Venison Cookbook contains a recipe for venison "mouffle," which he defines as the "loose covering around the nose and lips of deer.”
“Note 15: [Jean Hellot], "Essai des couleurs et emaux sous la mouffle.". back”
“Note 5: [Jean Hellot], "Essai des couleurs et emaux sous la mouffle," Recueil de tous les procédés de la porcelaine de la Manufacture royale de Vincennes, décrits pour le roi: Sa majesté ‚ s'en etant réservé le sécret, par arrest du 19 Aoust 1753, [1753-4] BMNS, Y. 51bis. back”
“Even for me, though, that's vaguely unappetizing, and I must confess, mouffle sounds suspiciously like a French dessert.”
“He des stop long nuff fer ter change hosses en snatch a mouffle er”
“Youer talkin ''bout deze yer sparrers, w'ich dey er all head, en' lev'm un makes one mouffle, † I speck," suggested Uncle Remus.”
“He des stop long nuff fer ter change hosses en snatch a mouffle er sump'n ter eat, but 'fo' he rid off, he call me up en say, sez he:”
“You er talkin ''bout deze yer sparrers, w'ich dey er all head, en' lev'm un makes one mouffle, * 2 I speck," suggested Uncle”
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mtc And for dessert, "chocolate mouffle?" Nov 19, 2012