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prettygoodwordtuffet - n. a clump or tuft of grass; a low seat, such as a stool.
Diminutive of tuft, which is itself from Old French. Per the Online Etymological Dictionary, the latter meaning is intended in "Little Miss Muffet," but I prefer a more outdoorsy flavor. But then, I was raised on a diet of The Space-Child's Mother Goose.
---L.
Diminutive of tuft, which is itself from Old French. Per the Online Etymological Dictionary, the latter meaning is intended in "Little Miss Muffet," but I prefer a more outdoorsy flavor. But then, I was raised on a diet of The Space-Child's Mother Goose.
Little Miss Muffet
Sits on her tuffet
In a nonchalant sort of way;
With her force-field around her,
The Spider, the bounder,
Is not in the picture today.---L.
