muffin worry

English

muffin worry (plural muffin worries)

(Britain, slang) An old lady's tea party.
- 1864, The Habits of Good Society (page 99)
  But Benedict has not only changed his manner and his habits, he has got new duties, and where his wife goes he may go, and ought to go. He can no longer claim exemption from solemn dinners, from weary muffin-worries, […]
- 1874, Eliza Stephenson, Hope Meredith (page 118)
  I wish she was at the bottom of the sea, or else having muffin worries in her musty old London lodgings — anything but coming here and turning everything into gall and vinegar.

单词	muffin worry
释义	muffin worry English Noun muffin worry (plural muffin worries) (Britain, slang) An old lady's tea party. 1864, The Habits of Good Society (page 99) But Benedict has not only changed his manner and his habits, he has got new duties, and where his wife goes he may go, and ought to go. He can no longer claim exemption from solemn dinners, from weary muffin-worries, […] 1874, Eliza Stephenson, Hope Meredith (page 118) I wish she was at the bottom of the sea, or else having muffin worries in her musty old London lodgings — anything but coming here and turning everything into gall and vinegar. See also bun fight tea fight References 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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