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puffer

[ puhf-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that puffs.
  2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.
  3. a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.


puffer

/ ˈ±èÊŒ´ÚÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person or thing that puffs
  2. Also calledglobefish any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puffer1

First recorded in 1620–30; puff + -er 1
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Here and there, a brilliant burst of color against the darkened sky: a fuschia headscarf, a rainbow-striped puffer coat.

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They said the man had short, dark coloured hair and was wearing a grey puffer jacket, light-coloured trousers and white trainers.

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During the February London Fashion Week pastel hues were all over the runway from lilac puffer jackets to baby pink padded coats, and it seems like the trend will continue.

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For example, would the pope really be wearing a luxury puffer jacket, as depicted by a notorious fake photo?

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Its scarier ability to create mischief and fake imagery can be innocuous — Pope Francis wearing a designer puffer coat at the Vatican — and criminal.

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