muffs

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She says the ear-muffs is the only thing 't she didn't find, f'r she's willin' to swear 's she opened more 'n a hunderd bundles.

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  1. transitive verb To perform or handle clumsily; bungle. See Synonyms at botch.
  2. transitive verb Sports To fail to make (a catch).
  3. intransitive verb To perform an act clumsily.

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  • But these little gems pop onto your ears with very little profile (they're not puffy like ear muffs, and they don't have any kind of straps.) —  WriteMinded
  • Ear-muffs will be provided to comply with anti-noise regulations. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Asked if playing at game speed in the first scrimmage could have accounted for some of the muffs, the coach agreed. —  Kentucky Wildcats News -- www.ukathletics.com
  • The patented bandless ear muffs are also perfect for all occasions in a plethora of colors and fabrics. —  PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • We have a club there which we call `the Anti-muffs,' and that's our smoking-room And is that horrid beast the landlord Yes; he was an old school-servant, and there's no harm in him that I know of But Eric only "phewed" again two or three times, and thought of Montagu Suddenly Wildney clutched him by the arm, and pulled him into the deep shadow of a porch, whispering in a low tone, "Look Under a lamp-post directly opposite them, stood Mr Rose. —  Eric, or Little by Little
 

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