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buffon
/ˈbʌf.ən/
noun 2name 1
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3ADJ.
covered
BUFFON + NOUN
neckerchief
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Synonym of buffont.
The front was always covered with a buffon or neckerchief. The skirt of the coat was ground length and full, the coat itself buttoning from the base to show the petticoat underneath. Sleeves were long and tight, buttoning at the wrists.
noun
1
Obsolete form of buffoon.
name
1
A surname.
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The front was always covered with a buffon or neckerchief. The skirt of the coat was ground length and full, the coat itself buttoning from the base to show the petticoat underneath. Sleeves were long
Wiktionary02
Long before Darwin's theory of evolution, Buffon had surmised that species evolved very slowly under different material circumstances.
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