The Collaborative International Dictionary
Biffin
Biffin \Bif"fin\, n. [Cf. Beaufin.]
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A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.
Note: [Sometimes called beaufin; but properly beefin (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.]
--Wright. A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.
--Dickens.
Wiktionary
biffin
n. a deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.
Usage examples of "biffin".
Sarah finished washing Biffin the sink and, wrapping him in a towel, gave him to Olivia to hold while she fetched his pyjamas from the stove.
Norfolk Biffins, squat and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner.