Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A seller of muffins.
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Examples
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“He and the muffin-man generally make their appearance in public together.”
The Newcomes 2006
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The destitute orange-girl, the neglected washerwoman, the distressed muffin-man find in her a fast and generous friend.
Vanity Fair 2006
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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
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I might have done it; you might have done it; the Mayor or the muffin-man might have done it.
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I might have done it; you might have done it; the Mayor or the muffin-man might have done it.
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“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
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'A bundle, on his head, like a muffin-man carries his tray.
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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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
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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.
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"Fancy wanting to be a muffin-man on a whole holiday!"
The Golden Age 1915
reesetee commented on the word muffin-man
Wow. No one knows the muffin-man.
February 7, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word muffin-man
The muffin-man?
February 7, 2011
reesetee commented on the word muffin-man
The muffin-man.
February 7, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word muffin-man
Do you know the muffin-man?
February 7, 2011
yarb commented on the word muffin-man
No.
February 8, 2011
reesetee commented on the word muffin-man
See? No one does.
February 8, 2011