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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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guffin
noun
a coat
20
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Compare
gruffin
which may be the same word
etymology:
origin obscure; perhaps a development from
ragamuffin
‘ragged, dirty’; only attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies