biffin
English
Alternative forms
- beefing
Etymology
Possibly from beef, because of the red colour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪfɪn/
Noun
biffin (plural biffins)
- A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.
- Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits”, in A Christmas Carol:
- there were Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.fɛ̃/
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Noun
biffin m (plural biffins)
- chiffonier
- (informal, military) infantryman
Further reading
- “biffin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.