Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simpleton.

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  • verb Present participle of maffle.

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Examples

  • You’re wandering, woman -- maffling like a madpash.

    Krindlesyke Wilfrid Wilson Gibson 1920

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  • The victory launched wild mafficking,

    A long and inebriate daft fling,

    Till liquor so soaked us

    Our vision lost focus

    And eloquence dwindled to maffling.

    November 1, 2014