Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A seller of muffins.

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Examples

  • “He and the muffin-man generally make their appearance in public together.”

    The Newcomes 2006

  • The destitute orange-girl, the neglected washerwoman, the distressed muffin-man find in her a fast and generous friend.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • There went the hooded tray and crooked arm of the tinkling muffin-man; and the wares of the buy-a-brooms.

    The Way Home 2003

  • I might have done it; you might have done it; the Mayor or the muffin-man might have done it.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • I might have done it; you might have done it; the Mayor or the muffin-man might have done it.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • “I had a great-aunt who left all her money to a muffin-man with coloured blood,” said Alleyn.

    The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963

  • 'A bundle, on his head, like a muffin-man carries his tray.

    The Beetle Richard Marsh

  • To everyone's surprise and delight the great animals gambolled down the road after the muffin-man.

    The Magic Faraway Tree Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1943

  • And Joyce got the muffin-man, and Martin told her that wherever she went men, women, and children would run to their snowy doorsteps, for she would be as welcome as swallows in spring.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • "Fancy wanting to be a muffin-man on a whole holiday!"

    The Golden Age 1915

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  • Wow. No one knows the muffin-man.

    February 7, 2011

  • The muffin-man?

    February 7, 2011

  • The muffin-man.

    February 7, 2011

  • Do you know the muffin-man?

    February 7, 2011

  • No.

    February 8, 2011

  • See? No one does.

    February 8, 2011