Examples of tuffet in a Sentence
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The Technicolor tuffet comprises upcycled carpet stapled to a wooden base.
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Nina Molina, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
Maybe an hour into her walk, McRae spots a brown tuffet on the sidewalk on West Street near Liberty Street.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 28 May 2021
Remember Little Miss Muffet, who sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey?
—Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2021
No strength or stamina and her tuffet is a disgrace.
—Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2017
Nina Molina, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
Maybe an hour into her walk, McRae spots a brown tuffet on the sidewalk on West Street near Liberty Street.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 28 May 2021
Remember Little Miss Muffet, who sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey?
—Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2021
No strength or stamina and her tuffet is a disgrace.
—Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French tuffete, from *tufe tuft
First Known Use
1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Tuffet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuffet. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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tuffet
noun
tuf·fet
ˈtəf-ət 
: a low seat
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