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- noun Plural form of
stuffy . - noun Plural form of
stuffie .
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Examples
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I can remember making the decision at some young age to call stuffed animals 'stuffies' because I'd heard it on TV and it seemed cuter/less formal.
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One windy morning when the other "stuffies" (as she called them to herself) were playing bridge inside, Isabelle squatted on deck, her chin on her knees, watching the big breakers, listening to the scream of the petrels, and as usual building air castles about herself and Jerry, when lo! her hero came striding down the deck and all at once he stopped before her.
The Cricket Marjorie Benton Cooke 1898
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Also called stuffies, each has chosen one furred vestige of home to accompany them on their summer’s adventures.
Ten Things Tuesday – Camp Necessities « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007
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It runs for 9 ¾ minutes. discusses how the production team uses the "stuffies" in place of the human actors along with showing the various stages of animation used to arrive at the finished product integrated into the live action footage.
Home Theater Forum MattH. 2010
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Tetreault has hosted spring training friends from Indiana and Illinois up in Rhode Island during the "regular season," and introduced them to local delicacies such as "stuffies" and "cabinets," in between watching the Sox, of course.
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We also see footage of live action dancers whose moves were studied for the CGI animation of the rodents and the "stuffies," the stuffed incarnations of the six chipmunks used to give the human actors something to talk to or to direct their eyes toward.
Home Theater Forum MattH. 2010
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"A-Nut-omy of a Scene" discusses how the production team uses the "stuffies" in place of the human actors along with showing the various stages of animation used to arrive at the finished product integrated into the live action footage.
Home Theater Forum MattH. 2010
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We also see footage of live action dancers whose moves were studied for the CGI animation of the rodents and the "stuffies," the stuffed incarnations of the six chipmunks used to give the human actors something to talk to or to direct their eyes toward.
Home Theater Forum MattH. 2010
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"A-Nut-omy of a Scene" discusses how the production team uses the "stuffies" in place of the human actors along with showing the various stages of animation used to arrive at the finished product integrated into the live action footage.
Home Theater Forum 2010
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We also see footage of live action dancers whose moves were studied for the CGI animation of the rodents and the "stuffies," the stuffed incarnations of the six chipmunks used to give the human actors something to talk to or to direct their eyes toward.
Home Theater Forum 2010
scispence commented on the word stuffies
When and where did this word originate? My brother and I used it in the mid-70's in Vancouver, Canada. Anyone else use it around or before then? And where?
November 12, 2009