WORD OF THE DAY: FAG-MA-FUFF

FAG-MA-FUFF
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NOUN
a garrulous old woman ...1825 Sc. obs.

ETYMOLOGY
of uncertain etymology

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1825 - FAG-MA-FUFF, s. A ludicrous term for a garrulous old woman
From: Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
- John Jamieson

EXAMPLE
"...The widow is nae fag-ma-fuff..."
From: Willie Wabster's Wooing
- Dorothea M. Ogilvy, 1868