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Webster 1913 Edition


Biffin

Bif′fin

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Beaufin
.]
1.
A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.
[Sometimes called beaufin; but properly beefin (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.]
Wright.
2.
A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.
Dickens.

Definition 2024


biffin

biffin

English

Noun

biffin (plural biffins)

  1. a deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.

French

Noun

biffin m (plural biffins)

  1. chiffonier
  2. (informal, military) infantryman