FAG-MA-FUFF 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
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