BIFFIN

Etymology

Noun

biffin (plural biffins)

A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.

Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk.

Source: Wiktionary


Bif"fin, n. Etym: [Cf. Beaufin.]

1. A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.

Note: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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