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maffler en · NOUN

Etymology

From maffle + -er.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A stammerer.
    • […] they alſo abuſe their power, and go too far in their commandements, (for ſo they be called at the wine ) who enjoyne ſtutters, ſtammerers, and mafflers to ſing, […] 1657, “The Sympofiaques, or Table-Questions.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophy, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philoſopher Plutarch of Chaeronea, page 535:

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