† ˈsnuffkin Obs.
Forms: 5 snwf-, 5–7 snuf-, 6 snof-, 6–7 snuft-, 7 snuff(e)kin; also 5–6 -kyn.
[Of obscure origin.]
A muff.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 347/2 A Snufkyn [v.r. Snwfkyn], pellicudia, nebrida. 1598 Florio, Manicone, a great sleeue, manchon, muffe or snufkin. 1599–1600 in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. (1805) III. 135 One snofkyn of crymson satten. 1602 Entert. Harefield in Lyly's Wks. 1902 I. 500 'Tis sommer, yet a snuffkin to your lott, But t'will be winter one day, doubte you nott. 1611 Cotgr., Bonne grace,..a snufkin, or Muffe. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. lii. (1737) 214 The Crepines of their Hoods, their Ruffles, Snuffekins, and Neck-Ruffs, new wash'd, starch'd, and iron'd. |