Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FLUFFLE, n. Nonce usages:
1. Finery, ruffs and frills.Edb. 1915 T. W. Paterson Auld Saws 74:
Keep him dinkit oot in fluffles, Like a peacock on the splore.
2. A shuffling noise.wm.Sc. 1928 G. Blake Paper Money 243:
A fluffle of bedroom slippers over linoleum.
