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- noun Canada The loose
covering around thenose and upperlips of themoose orelk . Prized for stewing or roasting.
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Certainly not the "mouffle," the prized, loose covering around the nose and lips: thank you, Joy of Cooking.)
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Harold W. Webster's The Complete Venison Cookbook contains a recipe for venison "mouffle," which he defines as the "loose covering around the nose and lips of deer."
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Note 15: [Jean Hellot], "Essai des couleurs et emaux sous la mouffle.". back
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Note 5: [Jean Hellot], "Essai des couleurs et emaux sous la mouffle," Recueil de tous les procédés de la porcelaine de la Manufacture royale de Vincennes, décrits pour le roi: Sa majesté ‚ s'en etant réservé le sécret, par arrest du 19 Aoust 1753, [1753-4] BMNS, Y. 51bis. back
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Even for me, though, that's vaguely unappetizing, and I must confess, mouffle sounds suspiciously like a French dessert.
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He des stop long nuff fer ter change hosses en snatch a mouffle er
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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"Youer talkin ''bout deze yer sparrers, w'ich dey er all head, en' lev'm un makes one mouffle, † I speck," suggested Uncle Remus.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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He des stop long nuff fer ter change hosses en snatch a mouffle er sump'n ter eat, but 'fo' he rid off, he call me up en say, sez he:
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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"You er talkin ''bout deze yer sparrers, w'ich dey er all head, en' lev'm un makes one mouffle, * 2 I speck," suggested Uncle
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
mtc commented on the word mouffle
And for dessert, "chocolate mouffle?"
November 19, 2012
qms commented on the word mouffle
The hunter affects a tough pose
But sentiment inwardly glows.
He always is rueful
When dining on mouffle -
A platter of Bullwinkle's nose.
December 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word mouffle
Are they related to mouffluns?
December 15, 2015
fbharjo commented on the word mouffle
What a wrinkle!
December 16, 2015