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stud-muffinly en · ADJ

Etymology

From stud muffin + -ly.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a stud muffin.
   • While retaining a forcefully inoffensive quality, the term “dads” is now almost a badge of honor, a bold proclamation that it is still possible to be a really cool, really happening guy long after one’s stud-muffinly days have ended. 2000 July 5, Joe Queenan, “‘Dads’ isn’t your father’s magazine”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 92, number 102, page 1D:
   • But the day after that, and this was before Kim had even noticed Finn and his stud-muffinly qualities, I got a note in my mail cubby. 2005, E. Lockhart [pen name; Emily Jenkins], The Boyfriend List, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 66:
   • Her choice of supermarket may also have something to do with the omnipresence of that adorable, rugged, stud-muffinly security guard with the deliciously threatening MATRIX-style. 2019, Ansi Verwey - von Fleckenstein, Bounce Back Babes: 26 Word Portraits of Real Women, Tredition, →ISBN:

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