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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary does not recognize the use of tuffet for a piece of furniture, and the Oxford English Dictionary says that it only perhaps means hassock or footstool, suggesting that this usage is due to a misunderstanding of the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet.
Historical Examples. 1  Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating of curds and whey. Dramatized Rhythm Plays John N. Richards. 2  Suppose you sit on that tuffet and eat it while I walk the baby about. The Cat and Fiddle Book Lady Florence Bell. 3  Yes, it's called a tuffet because that's where people sit to eat curds and whey. The Cat and Fiddle Book Lady Florence Bell They assure me that the most complete and satisfactory definition is,âa tuffet is the kind of thing that Miss Muffet sat on. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party Samuel McChord Crothers Let's change the subject, Miss, said the spider, moving toward the further side of the tuffet.