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stud muffin

noun

variants or stud-muffin ˈstəd-ˌmə-fən or studmuffin plural stud muffins or stud-muffins or studmuffins informal + humorous : a very attractive and masculine man If you want to sell tickets, try a testosterone injection of cops, killers, rebels and stud muffins.—Peter Travers It's only after Syd gets engaged that she notices every single member of the opposite sex is a complete stud-muffin.—Entertainment Weekly

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1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler The first known use of stud muffin was in 1986 See more words from the same year

Rhymes for stud muffin

• toughen

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