pufflet

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English

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Etymology

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From puff +‎ -let.

Noun

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pufflet (plural pufflets)

  1. Something small and puffy.
    a cheese pufflet; a pufflet of smoke
    • 1890, James Russell Lowell, The Writings of James Russell Lowell: Poems, page 104:
      That scarce discernible pufflet of smoke and dust is a revolution.
    • 2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, page 149:
      Repeat with the remaining squares and line the pufflets up on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.
    • 2014, Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, page 238:
      The sky was a turquoise blue with only pufflets of cloud; the sun lay on my neck and arms; far out, a flat sea shimmered like a blue cloth.